OPEC-led Group Able to Cover Supply Shortage: Russian Energy Minister
Russian energy minister Alexander Novak has expressed confidence that the OPEC-led group of crude exporters are capable of covering potential supply shortages.
Russian energy minister Alexander Novak has expressed confidence that the OPEC-led group of crude exporters are capable of covering potential supply shortages.
Signatories to the OPEC non-OPEC supply cut agreement reduced production in July by 9% more than agreed, according to an official committee.
Kuwait started raising its oil output by 85,000 barrels per day (b/d) from July 1, in accordance with the recent agreement between OPEC and non-OPEC producers to increase production by 1 million b/d.
Oil prices rose on June 27 after US officials ramped up pressure on its allies to end imports of Iranian crude by November.
Saudi Aramco has 2 million barrels per day (b/d) in spare capacity, double the expected OPEC-sanctioned increase in production.
OPEC has agreed with Russia and other non-OPEC producers to raise oil production from July.
Oil prices fell on June 21 as producers prepared to discuss the lifting of production cuts at the biannual OPEC meeting on June 22 in Vienna.
The Iranian oil minister has stated that a deal on oil output at the June 22 OPEC meeting in Vienna is unlikely, setting the stage for a clash with Russia and Saudi Arabia, who are pushing to curb the current prod ...
Iraqi oil minister Jabar al-Luaibi released a statement on June 11 in which he warned producers against being pressured to boost output levels, adding that unilateral decisions could collapse the OPEC and non-OPEC ...
Saudi Aramco has increased the price of crude exports to Asian buyers to their highest levels since 2014 amid rising demand for Saudi oil.