Emiratos Árabes Unidos sale de la OPEP en plena crisis por el cierre de Ormuz

The United Arab Emirates, the world's fifth-largest oil exporter, abandons OPEC amid the escalating Strait of Hormuz crisis, dealing a severe blow to the Saudi-led cartel. | Contesto: cronaca

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The United Arab Emirates has announced its withdrawal from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, a dramatic rupture that comes as the cartel grapples with the most serious geopolitical challenge to global oil flows in decades: the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The decision, confirmed by Emirati officials on Monday, removes the world’s fifth-largest oil exporter from the Saudi-led alliance, fundamentally altering the balance of power within the group and raising urgent questions about the future of coordinated oil policy. The move is a direct consequence of the escalating crisis in the Persian Gulf, where Iran — a remaining OPEC member — has effectively shut the strategic waterway through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s petroleum passes. For the UAE, whose economy depends on unhindered maritime trade, the closure represents an existential threat. By leaving OPEC, Abu Dhabi signals that it can no longer align its national interests with a cartel that includes its primary regional adversary and which has failed to prevent the disruption of its export lifeline. The Emirati exit is the most significant fracture in OPEC’s history since the 2016 formation of the broader OPEC+ alliance with Russia. The UAE has long chafed under production quotas imposed by Saudi Arabia, arguing that its own capacity to pump more crude was being artificially restrained to benefit Riyadh. The current crisis has turned that simmering dispute into an open break. With the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed, the UAE’s ability to export even its allotted quota has been crippled, making continued membership in the cartel both economically painful and politically untenable. For Saudi Arabia, the loss of its closest Gulf ally within OPEC is a severe blow to its leadership. Riyadh now finds itself isolated alongside Iran — the very nation whose military actions precipitated the crisis — within a rump organization that controls a shrinking share of global supply. The Saudi Energy Ministry has not yet issued a formal response, but analysts expect the kingdom to accelerate its own efforts to secure alternative export routes and to deepen its coordination with Russia...

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