Oil Markets Confused and Underwhelmed by OPEC+ Cuts
Oil markets were left both confused and underwhelmed by the OPEC+ announcement that it would cut production by 2.2 million bpd in 2024.
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Oil markets were left both confused and underwhelmed by the OPEC+ announcement that it would cut production by 2.2 million bpd in 2024.
Brazil claims it will not have any quota and will not participate in oil production cuts when it joins OPEC+ next year.
ALBAWABA – Oil prices steadied as OPEC+ members negotiated cutting oil supplies with Bloomberg’s US dollar index up on stronger safe-haven markets.
OPEC+ has reached a preliminary agreement on an additional reduction in oil production by more than 1 million barrels per day, media reported on Thursday, citing a source in the alliance.
Oil prices began to retreat on Thursday afternoon as it became clear that OPEC+ members were agreeing to voluntary cuts beginning in the new year, and that those cuts would be announced only by each member country instead of by the group as a whole.