OPEC and allies, led by Russia, are scheduled to hold an online meeting to discuss compliance with their agreed output cuts and demand trends amid falling oil prices and a faltering economic recovery outlook
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies may discuss this month which countries have lagged in reducing their oil output under a global oil cut deal, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said
Russia will propose to OPEC+ to react to the recovery in global oil demand, which has now reached 90% of the levels seen before the pandemic, Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak said
Russia increased its oil and gas condensate production in August as global output curbs eased, indicating it can restore its fields quickly even without an earlier announced plan to drill new wells
OPEC oil output has risen by about 1 million barrels per day (bpd) in August as the group and allies eased record oil supply curbs as the global economy and demand began to recover from the coronavirus pandemic
Goldman Sachs expects Brent prices to rally in 2021, bolstered by a tighter oil market and as an economic recovery from the coronavirus-induced slump gathers pace, helped by a possible vaccine
OPEC and its allies pressed oil nations pumping above output targets to cut more in August-September amid fears oil demand recovery was slow while saying it could reach pre-pandemic levels by the year-end
OPEC has managed to raise crude prices and stabilise the oil market, Iran’s oil minister said. “OPEC’s performance has been successful because the price of oil has risen from $16 in May to around $45 and has stabilized”
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak does not expect any hasty decisions on output cuts when an OPEC+ group monitoring committee meets next week as the oil market has been stable
OPEC oil output has risen by over 1 million barrels per day in July as Saudi Arabia and other Gulf members ended their voluntary extra supply curbs on top of an OPEC-led deal, and other members made limited progress on compliance
