Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, kept its ranking as China’s top crude supplier for a ninth straight month in August as major producers relaxed production cuts

Saudi Arabia’s crude oil exports rose to 5.965 million barrels per day (bpd) in June, their highest in five months, Joint Organisations Data Initiative (JODI) said

Saudi Arabia remained China’s single largest crude oil supplier in June, ahead of Russia, although Saudi shipments to the world’s top oil importer fell by 19 percent last month amid lower overall imports

From August till December 2021 the group will improve provide by an extra 2 million bpd or 0.4 million bpd a month, OPEC mentioned in a press release. It goals to completely part out cuts by round September 2022

OPEC forecast that world oil demand would rise in 2022 to reach a level similar to before the pandemic, led by growth in the United States, China and India

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have reached a compromise over OPEC+ policy, in a move that should unlock a deal to supply more crude to a tight oil market and cool soaring prices

The International Energy Agency warned that world oil markets are likely to remain volatile following a breakdown in talks between OPEC members and their non-OPEC allies, creating a no-win situation

Saudi Arabia and Oman called for continued cooperation between OPEC and other allied producers to stabilise and balance the oil market, the Gulf states said in a joint statement

Oil prices rose, driven higher after OPEC+ nations called off talks on output levels, meaning no deal to boost production has been agreed

OPEC+ is moving towards gradually adding about 2 million barrels per day (bpd) to the oil market from August to December, as the group eases back on output curbs amid a recovering global economy and an oil price rally