OPEC Boosts Oil Income in 2021, Well Completions Drop

OPEC Boosts Oil Income in 2021, Well Completions Drop
The logo of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is pictured at its headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on Aug. 21, 2015. Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters
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LONDON—OPEC’s oil revenue surged in 2021 as prices and demand recovered from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, while the number of its members’ active rigs posted a modest rebound and new completed wells declined, data from the group showed.

The value of petroleum exports by the 13-member Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries reached $561 billion in 2021, up 77 percent from 2020, OPEC’s Annual Statistical Bulletin published on Tuesday showed.