Definition: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Input: Passage: The first decision sent oil prices immediately higher; the second portends further expansion, with the admission of another African producer, Sudan, possible in March. Despite protestations from the Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ali al-Nuaimi that the cartel was not targeting prices, analysts were united in their opinion that OPEC members had lined up to defend 60 dollars per barrel.

opinion