Senior officials from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) met with Russia’s energy minister in Riyadh to discuss details around how the group will meet the supply target it set at in Algiers ...
Crude oil output in OPEC reached a new record of 33.64mb/d during September, causing crude oil prices to drop back down after reaching above $53 per barrel as a result of reports that OPEC had agreed to curb production.
The oil ministers of Iran and Iraq will not attend informal talks between member's of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Turkey during October.
OPEC agreed to reduce its oil output to 32.5mb/d from the current production levels of around 33.24mb/d, with global prices of oil jumping by more than 5% in response to the agreement.
Saudi Arabia has offered to reduce oil production if rival Iran agrees to cap its output at the current level 3.6mb/d, in a major compromise ahead of talks in Algeria by the end of September.
A pipeline linking Iraq’s Kirkuk field to Turkey’s Ceyhan port was repaired after it was halted. A flow test took place and operations are expected to return to normal exports levels of more than 90,000b/d.
Nigeria’s crude oil production declined by 130,000b/d in August to an average of 1.44mb/d, as oil companies struggle to repair pipelines damaged by severe militant attacks
Maintenance work at Qatar's al-Shaheen oil field, the country's largest offshore oilfield, located 80km off the country's coast, has pushed back the loading of crude cargoes.