Ecuador withdrew from OPEC in December 1992, because it was unwilling to pay the annual US$2 million membership fee and felt that it needed to produce more oil than it was allowed under its OPEC quota at the time, although it rejoined in October 2007.
Ekvador se povukao iz OPEC-a u decembru 1992, zato što nije bio voljan da plati godišnju članarinu od US$2 miliona i zbog uverenja da treba da poveća naftnu produkciju iznad nivoa koji je dozvoljavala njegova OPEC kvota u to vreme, iako se ponovo pridružio oktobra 2007.