After surviving through 60 years, OPEC confronts a precarious coronavirus oil future

摘要

London—In a more “normal” 2020, OPEC would be gathering in Baghdad to celebrate the organization’s 60th birthday Sept. 14. But, like many events in 2020, the coronavirus pandemic interfered. The oil producing bloc that has managed to keep meeting through wars between its members was forced to cancel the festivities —an inauspicious omen, perhaps, as the infection may present OPEC’s biggest existential threat yet.