United Arab Emirates will leave OPEC in a blow to the oil cartel

NewsWorldEuropeUnited Arab Emirates will leave OPEC in a blow to the oil cartelThe United Arab Emirates will leave OPEC effective Friday, stripping the oil cartel of its third-largest producer and further weakening its leverage over global oil supplies and pricesJon Gambrell Wednesday 29 April 2026 01:49 BSTBookmarkBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":false,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"4966108c3fafacb67181152216deda14","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/opec-dubai-saudi-arabia-donald-trump-united-arab-emirates-b2966840.html","title":"United Arab Emirates will leave OPEC in a blow to the oil cartel"}}United Arab Emirates will leave OPEC in a blow to the oil cartelShow all 2{"adUnitPath":"71347885/_main_independent/gallery","className":"","title":"United Arab Emirates will leave OPEC in a blow to the oil cartel","gallery":[{"data":{"title":"Emirates OPEC","description":"FILE - The logo of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is displayed outside of OPEC's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, March 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner, File)","caption":"Emirates OPEC","copyright":"Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved","credit":"ASSOCIATED PRESS","alt":null,"url":"https://static.independent.co.uk/2026/04/28/20/Emirates_OPEC_14228.jpg","id":"265be499b2524d8cb989c66720a760f3","mid":6646678,"uid":0,"smartframe":null,"extra":{"imageSize":{"width":3915,"height":2258}}},"type":"image"},{"data":{"title":"Emirates OPEC","description":"FILE - An oil technician climbs down a tower at a refinery in Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates, about 30 kilometers (18 miles) south of Dubai, in March 2004. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)","caption":"Emirates OPEC","copyright":"AP2004","credit":"ASSOCIATED PRESS","alt":null,"url":"https://static.independe...