Sudan Officially Applies for OPEC Membership

Sudan has officially applied for membership in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the country's oil minister Mohamed Zayed Awad said Tuesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — OPEC is an international organization founded by oil exporting nations in 1960 aimed to coordinate their crude oil market share.

Currently, OPEC has 12 members after several composition changes – specifically, Angola's accession and the return of Ecuador in 2007.

"We have already submitted an application and are waiting for a decision," the minister told reporters. "Now, everything depends on OPEC."