In line with the UAE's plan to follow OPEC’s agreement to reduce production, the state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (Adnoc) s is cutting back supplies to customers in June.
Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest crude exporter, is losing market share to Iraq and Iran as a result of OPEC’s agreement to curb supplies to bolster prices.
Iran announced that it is ready to join the OPEC oil production cuts despite being exempted from the initial production cuts agreement, which allowed it to boost its crude output to about 4m barrels.
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Ministry of Energy will launch late April the first phase of a new global oil and gas database project.
Saudi Arabia reduced its oil production last month to the lowest since the beginning of 2017. The country decreased its output by 111,000b/d in March to 9.9mb/d.