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UAE leaves OPEC, citing national interest in 'a new energy age'

The UAE’s historic decision is a major blow to the alliance of oil producers, just as the global energy crisis is escalating over Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, but the Gulf state insists its decision “enhances the UAE’s ability to respond to evolving market needs."

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00:01The United Arab Emirates announced on Tuesday that it will leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries OPEC effective
00:10on May 1st.
00:11The time has come to focus our efforts on what our national interest dictates and our commitment to our investors,
00:19customers, partners and global energy markets, the UAE said in a statement.
00:24The UAE's decision to quit the alliance of the world's biggest oil producers and make its own decisions away from
00:31Saudi Arabia and the other OPEC members strikes a heavy blow to the oil exporting countries who produce a third
00:38of the global oil supply and signals a fundamental reshape of the global energy interactions, just as the global energy
00:45crisis is escalating over Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
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