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The oil-price plunge could create a historic precedent in which the US may finally help boost the sinking energy market, albeit involuntarily, instead of benefiting at the expense of others, oil executive Mike Cantrell believes. The price of US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) contract for May finished trading on …

The International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday the OPEC+ should consider quicker, deeper production cuts to ease the turmoil in oil markets, Kallanish Energy reports. Executive director Fatih Birol said the initial 9.7 million barrels per day (Mmbpd) production cut in May and June “is a solid start but …

Oil producer countries should respect crude production cuts aimed at stabilizing the oil market, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh told state TV on Wednesday. “The market will stabilize gradually if the oil production cut is respected by all the producer countries … Cooperation is necessary under this circumstances,” Zanganeh said. …

Azerbaijan’s Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov has attended the informal video conference with the participation of several OPEC+ countries, the ministry told Trend. According to the ministry, the current state of the world oil market and the implementation of commitments since May have been discussed at the conference. During the discussions, …

Iraq, OPEC’s second-largest oil producer, does not rule out OPEC+ members taking extra measures to halt the further slide of oil prices, but any steps will need to take into account global oil market developments, the country’s oil minister said on Tuesday. Iraq’s Thamer al-Ghadhaban, who participated in an emergency …

The news just gets worse for some emerging markets, with the collapse in oil prices adding further pressure to currencies and the fiscal situation of countries like Mexico, Brazil, and Russia. Of the commodity-producing emerging market countries, the one that is worrying analysts the most is Mexico. Emerging markets outside …

Qatar’s economic policy is built on a robust system, and a stimulus scheme of $20.6bn (QR75bn) over the coming three years is expected to “absorb the shock of what is happening worldwide,” said HE Dr Mohamed bin Saleh al-Sada, former Minister of Energy and Industry. He was speaking at an …

Countries participating in the OPEC+ oil production limiting agreement have all the capabilities to respond if necessary to the situation with the low oil prices, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak told reporters. “OPEC+ countries are keeping a close eye on the situation and have all the capabilities to respond if …

Saudi Arabia may have won a brief no-holds-barred oil price war with Russia, but observers say it hastened a coronavirus-led energy slump despite a subsequent historic deal to slash production. “This has changed everything,” chief economist at Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank Monica Malik told Bloomberg in an article published on …

Participants of OPEC+ deal will contact each other if necessary, but so far there are no decisions on holding such meetings, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday. “We have all mechanisms to reconcile positions with our partners in this deal, and proper contacts will be carried out if …