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No OPEC Decision Yet on Oil Cuts, Saudi Energy Minister Says

Published 02/25/2020, 02:46 AM
Updated 02/25/2020, 04:25 AM
© Reuters.  No OPEC Decision Yet on Oil Cuts, Saudi Energy Minister Says

© Reuters. No OPEC Decision Yet on Oil Cuts, Saudi Energy Minister Says

(Bloomberg) -- OPEC hasn’t made a decision yet on whether to extend or modify its agreement to cut oil output, Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies are to meet next week in Vienna to assess their global cuts and output policy. Prince Abdulaziz is confident of OPEC’s partnership with other producers including Russia, he told reporters in Riyadh.

“We are communicating with each other at every opportunity,” he said, before addressing an industry conference in the Saudi capital. “The OPEC secretary-general is attending this conference, and we just had a chat. We did not run out of ideas.”

Crude rose, with benchmark Brent gaining as much as 68 cents a barrel, or 1.2%. The contract was at $56.84 a barrel at 7:34 a.m. in London.

‘Positively Engaged’

Global oil demand will drop this quarter for the first time in over a decade as the outbreak of the coronavirus batters China’s economy, creating a significant supply surplus, according to the International Energy Agency. Russia hasn’t said whether it will support a proposal by the coalition known as OPEC+ for deeper production cuts of 600,000 barrels a day.

Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak is “positively engaged” with Saudi Arabia and other suppliers, Prince Abdulaziz said.

OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo, speaking at the conference, said the world’s thirst for energy will continue to grow, in spite of the coronavirus.

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These great people are only thinking about production cut past 40 days.... What a joke!!!
exactly. maybe some pressure to hold it off
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