Key assumptions

Secretary General, Chairman of the Editorial Board
HE Haitham Al Ghais

Director, Research Division, Editor-in-Chief
Ayed S. Al-Qahtani,

Head, Energy Studies Department, Editor
Abderrezak Benyoucef

Main contributors
Chapter 1: Key assumptions
Mohammad Alkazimi, Joerg Spitzy, Jan Ban, Masudbek Narzibekov, Christian Diendorfer, Julius Walker

Chapter 2: Energy demand
Haris Aliefendic, Jan Ban, Christian Diendorfer, Reem AlNaeimi, Mohammed Attaba

Chapter 3: Oil demand
Jan Ban, Mohammed Attaba, Irene Etiobhio

Chapter 4: Liquids supply
Julius Walker

Chapter 5: Refining outlook
Haris Aliefendic, Mohammed Attaba

Chapter 6: Oil movements
Haris Aliefendic, Mohammed Attaba

Chapter 8: Energy scenarios
Jan Ban, Julius Walker, Eleni Kaditi

Other contributors
Behrooz Baikalizadeh, Huda Almwasawy, Mohammad Hassani, Mhammed Mouraia, Mohamed Sarrab, Yacine Sariahmed, Sulaiman Saad, Ali Dehghan, Aziz Yahyai, Pantelis Christodoulides Klaus Stoeger, Mohammad Sattar, Mihni Mihnev, Justinas Pelenis

Editorial Team
James Griffin, Richard Murphy

Design & Production Team
Carola Bayer, Andrea Birnbach, Lorenz Konzett

Editorial support
Daniel McKirdy, Mai Salama

OPEC’s Economic Commission Board (as of September 2023)
Samir Madani, Gaspar Filipe Sermao, Antimo Asumu Obama Asangono, Fernand Epigat, Afshin Javan, Mohammed Adnan Ibrahim Al-Najjar, Abdullah Al Sabah, Abdulnasser Lamin Mohamed Gnedi, Mele Kyari, Yousef Al Salem, Salem Hareb Al Mehairi, Ronny Rafael Romero Rodriguez

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