According to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China’s crude oil output dropped by 4.8% year-on-year –to 100.45m tons in H1 of 2016.
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.
A series of attacks on Nigeria's oil infrastructure has pushed its output of crude close to a 22-year low, Reuters data shows, putting intense pressure on the country's finances.
The Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister stressed the importance of reaching a consensus among oil producing countries and he said that "There is no choice but to freeze production".
Workers for one of the largest oil sands companies affected by a wildfire in northern Canada started to return to the shuttered facilities on May 12th. The gradual return of Canadian oil sands output dragged down oil ...