OPEC+ will likely raise oil output further from October: Reuters
- Eight key OPEC+ countries agreed on Sunday to raise oil production by 137,000 barrels per day starting in October to regain market share.
- This decision follows earlier voluntary adjustments totaling 1.65 million barrels per day and comes amid steady global economic outlook and market fundamentals.
- The increase is modest compared to recent monthly boosts of about 555,000 barrels per day and aims more to send a market signal than to significantly raise volumes.
- Analyst Jorge Leon noted that although the increase in barrels is modest, the underlying message from OPEC+ remains significant, despite weaker prices and rising U.S. crude stockpiles.
- The move suggests OPEC+ will continue monitoring conditions closely and may adjust output again before their next meeting scheduled for October 5 amid demand uncertainties.
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Riyadh, Moscow and six other Opep+ oil producers launched their strategy of regaining market share in April further increased their quotas at an online meeting on Sunday 7 September, to the surprise of the market.
Oil prices could fall even further as key OPEC+ members agree on production hike to gain more market share
Eight key members of the OPEC+ alliance said Sunday they have agreed to again boost oil production, in a strategy analysts saw as a bid to gain a bigger market share of crude sales. Oil ministers in the V8 grouping — comprising Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Oman — decided to increase production by 137,000 barrels a day (bpd) from next month, they said in a statement. Those countries had alr…
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