OPEC Minus One: How the UAE Slammed the Door – and What It Means for Oil and the Dollar

ОПЕК минус один: как ОАЭ хлопнули дверью и что теперь будет с нефтью и долларом, vigiljournal.com

The UAE is leaving OPEC and OPEC+ effective May 1 — the first time it has quit the bloc in 59 years of membership. This is not a routine quota dispute. It is a political divorce that could reshape the architecture of the global oil market.

Why They Left: War, Grievances, and Money

The official version, relayed by state news agency WAM, sounds sterile: a “review of production policy,” “national interests,” “market needs.” The real story is far more candid.