| OPEC's 2015 oil export revenues slumped 46 percent to a 10-year low, the group said in a report published on Wednesday, underlining the impact on producers' income from a collapse in prices.
Oil prices at about $50 a barrel are half their level in mid-2014, pressured by oversupply. OPEC's decision in November 2014 to not cut supply, hoping a drop in prices would curb supply from competitors, deepened the decline. With income falling, the 13 members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) posted a combined current account deficit of $99.60 billion in 2015, compared with a surplus of $238.10 billion in 2014...............................................Full Article: Source
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