Two sources from the group of OPEC+ oil producers told Reuters that the group’s commitment to production cuts increased to 116 percent in August from 109 percent in July.
Read More »Reuters: OPEC Likely to Revise 2022 Oil Demand Growth Forecast Lower –
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is likely to lower its forecast for global oil demand growth in 2022 when it publishes its monthly report on Monday, two OPEC sources told Reuters on Friday.
Read More »OPEC Agrees to Plan on Gradual Output Hikes
As is widely expected, OPEC stuck to the plan to raise production by 400 barrels in October. The meeting is still going on to be updated…
Read More »OPEC+ to Maintain Output Policy
It is expected that the upcoming meeting for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies will decide on Wednesday to maintain the current output policy, which entails easing production cuts gradually, amid a global recovery from the pandemic. The OPEC+ previously decided to increase production by …
Read More »Reuters: OPEC+ Are Likely to Roll Over Output Policies on Wednesday
At their meeting on September 1, the OPEC and its allies (OPEC+) are likely to maintain the oil output policies, Reuters reports, citing sources familiar with the cartel’s thinking. The sources said that OPEC+ will kick off with the planned 400K barrel per day (bpd) hike from September. “Current oil …
Read More »Oil Prices Ease Despite OPEC’s Positive Expectations
Oil prices closed lower on Thursday after OPEC maintained expectations for demand growth this year. Brent crude futures for October delivery lost 13 cents, or 0.18%, to close at $71.31 per barrel, snapping a two-day rising streak, while the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures decreased by 16 cents, or 0.23%, …
Read More »Oil Rebounds After U.S. Calls for Higher Output and Inventory Drop
Oil prices closed higher on Wednesday, rebounding from early losses that followed news about pressuring OPEC to raise production and the release of the weekly inventory data in the United States. The U.S. is asking the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to increase production, claiming that the global …
Read More »OPEC Monthly Report: World Oil Demand to Rise by 3.28M BPD in 2022
In its latest monthly report, OPEC said that it expects the world oil demand to rise by 3.28 million barrels per day to 99.6 million barrels per day in 2022, per Reuters. “World oil demand in 2022 to reach comparable pre-pandemic levels.”“OPEC sticks to forecast 2021 world oil demand will …
Read More »No OPEC+ Ministerial Meeting Planned This Week – TASS
According to Russian news agency TASS, OPEC+ producers will not be holding a meeting this week to break the impasse in the output strategy. “This week will be difficult. Negotiations are in progress, and there are no signs yet that the meeting will take place this week. The problem remains …
Read More »OPEC: Still no Agreement
After talks that lasted for two days, the OPEC+ meetings ended without an agreement, as the group’s ministers canceled talks related to production after a dispute that erupted last week when the UAE objected to a proposed extension of production restrictions for an additional eight months, but in return it …
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