OPEC+ oil output cuts depend on US and others joining
Saudi Arabia, Russia and allied oil producers will only agree to deep cuts to their crude output at talks this week if the US and several others join in with curbs to help prop up prices
Saudi Arabia, Russia and allied oil producers will only agree to deep cuts to their crude output at talks this week if the US and several others join in with curbs to help prop up prices
OPEC+ works on a deal to cut the production of oil equivalent by about 10% of world supply, or 10 million barrels per day, in what member states expect to be an unprecedented global effort including the US
Saudi Arabia announced it will raise its oil exports to a record 10.6 million barrels per day starting from May despite a global supply glut, escalating a price war with Russia
Global oil storage capacity is under intense pressure because of booming output from Saudi Arabia and the United States while the coronavirus outbreak slams the world economy and crude demand
Without mentioning who the new deal’s members should or could be, Russia called for a new OPEC+ deal to balance oil markets to cushion the economic fallout from coronavirus
The quick slide in oil prices over the past few days has alarmed OPEC officials as the new virus found in China and several other countries raised concerns about a hit to economic growth and oil demand
South America’s largest oil producer, Brazil, will launch discussions on potentially joining OPEC in July, Brazilian Energy Minister Bento Albuquerque said
Surging oil production from non-OPEC countries led by the US along with abundant global stocks will help the market weather political shocks such as the US-Iran stand-off, IEA said