Iranian Minister of Petroleum, Bijan Zangeneh, said that Iran wants a quota system of production to be reinstated in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
Gulf OPEC members including Saudi Arabia are looking to revive the idea of coordinated oil-output action by major producers on next meeting, a senior OPEC source said.
Oil output from producers outside the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is falling faster than expected, helping the market to rebalance.
Iran rejects again the call to freeze its oil output and emphasized that it will go ahead with its plans to increase its oil production to as high as 4m b/pd.
The failure of the deal to freeze oil production, which could have hastened a recovery in oil prices, puts Nigeria and other cash-strapped oil producers in more trouble.
A deal to freeze oil output by OPEC and non-OPEC producers fell apart on April 17th after Saudi Arabia demanded that Iran join in despite calls on Riyadh to save the agreement and help prop up crude prices.
Kuwait Oil Company will soon offer contracts for offshore rigs and support services to drill its first undersea wells as the Gulf nation tries to boost crude output to the highest level in more than four decades.