OAPEC
Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
Updated 7 November 2026
Arab oil-exporting states, founded in Beirut in 1968 and based in Kuwait, cooperating in the petroleum and energy industries.
Key facts
- Founded
- 1968
- Headquarters
- Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Members
- 11 states
- Chair
- Libya
- Secretary-General
- Khalid Nayef Al-Otaibisince March 2026
- Last summit
- 14 December 2025Kuwait City, Kuwait
- The UAE
- Member since 1970
- UAE trade with members (2025)
- $58.9 billion