The OPEC and allies led by Russia, a group known as OPEC+, agreed to stick to a policy from July of phasing out record output cuts by adding 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) a month to the market

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has pumped 26.93 million barrels per day (bpd), the survey found, up 210,000 bpd from July’s estimate

US shale oil output is predicted to rise to 8.1 million barrels per day in September, the highest since May 2020, in accordance to the EIA’s month-to-month drilling productiveness report

Oil prices steadied after four days of declines, with investors still worried about the outlook for fuel demand as the use of rail, air and other forms of transport is constrained by surging COVID-19 cases worldwide

OPEC and its allies, including Russia, believe oil markets do not need more oil than they plan to release in the coming months, despite U.S. pressure to add supplies to check an oil price rise

The White House said in a statement that the Biden administration had urged OPEC and its partners to boost production, CNBC earlier reported the development

Oil prices rose more than $1, recouping some of the losses in the previous session, as rise of demand in Europe and the United States outweighed concerns over a rise of COVID cases in Asian countries

U.S. crude oil and distillate inventories fell last week, according to two market sources, citing American Petroleum Institute figures, while gasoline stocks rose

The United States is considering cracking down on Iranian oil sales to China as it braces for the possibility that Tehran may not return to nuclear talks or may adopt a harder line whenever it does

Iran has opened its first oil export terminal that does not require tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint patrolled by warships of its arch foe the US, President Hassan Rouhani announced