Indonesia Set to Rejoin OPEC After Break of Seven Years

Receives support of 12 members to reactivate membership
Indonesia left group in 2009 after becoming net oil importer

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By Grant Smith, Fitri Wulandari, and Maher Chmaytelli

September 8, 2015 at 9:22 AM UTC

Updated on

September 8, 2015 at 3:41 PM UTC

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Indonesia is set to resume full membership of OPEC in December after a break of almost seven years.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries said Tuesday it has invited Energy Minister Sudirman Said to its Dec. 4 meeting in Vienna for the “formalities of reactivating Indonesia’s membership.” The Asian nation suspended membership in January 2009 after becoming a net importer of oil.