OPEC+ confirmed its plans to extend the pause on crude oil production hikes to March this year, citing “healthy oil market fundamentals as reflected in low inventories.” In a press release late Sunday, OPEC+ said that “the 1.65 million barrels per day may be returned in part or in full …
Read More »OPEC+ Poised to Maintain Oil Output in March as Brent Breaks $70
The OPEC+ group is expected to maintain its oil production policy unchanged this weekend and affirm a pause in output hikes in March even as Brent Crude prices hit $70 per barrel this week for the first time in five months, delegates from the alliance told Reuters on Friday. The …
Read More »OPEC+ Reaffirms Output Pause as Eight Producers Cite Market Stability
OPEC+ confirmed on Sunday that it will keep oil production steady through the first quarter of 2026, as eight key producers reaffirmed their commitment to market stability amid a steady global economic outlook and what they described as healthy oil market fundamentals. Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, …
Read More »OPEC+ Set to Keep Oil Production Policy despite Saudi-UAE Spat
Despite the public spat between two of OPEC’s top producers, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the wider OPEC+ group is expected to confirm at a Sunday meeting that it would hold output steady through the first quarter of 2026, delegates from the alliance told Reuters on Friday. …
Read More »Why China Is Driving Short-Term Oil Prices but OPEC still Holds the Lever
For most of the past decade, oil markets have treated decisions by OPEC as the primary signal for price direction. That hierarchy is being tested, but not overturned. What has changed is where traders look for short-term cues. Increasingly, those cues are coming from China, not because Beijing controls supply, …
Read More »OPEC Holds Firm on Bullish Oil Demand Outlook for 2026
Global oil demand will rise by about 1.4 million barrels per day (bpd) next year, supported by solid economic growth, OPEC said in its monthly report ton Thursday, keeping its demand forecasts unchanged from last month. Unlike other forecasters, investment banks, and analysts, OPEC continues to expect robust demand growth …
Read More »Kazakhstan’s Oil Output Drops 6% after Damage Cuts CPC Export Capacity
Kazakhstan’s oil output has fallen sharply after damage at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) export terminal disrupted flows, tightening supplies from one of OPEC+’s largest non-core contributors and forcing operators to curtail production, Reuters reported on Thursday. Output dropped in the first two days of December after storms and structural …
Read More »Oil Prices Rise as OPEC+ Holds Firm on Output through Q1 2026
Oil prices rebounded in early Asian trade on Monday following the latest OPEC+ meeting, as traders responded to the producer group’s decision to hold output steady through the first quarter of 2026. At the time of writing, West Texas Intermediate crude stood at $59.32, up 1.32%, while Brent crude had …
Read More »How Successful has OPEC+’s Oil Output Policy been in 2025?
Ministers of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allied nations (OPEC+) are unlikely to make changes to their oil output strategy when they discuss production at an online ministerial meeting on Sunday. After years of slashing output to prop up prices, key members of the OPEC+ group, including …
Read More »OPEC+ Expected to Extend Pause on Oil Hikes as Prices Stay Weak
OPEC+ members are expected to stick with their decision to pause oil production increases when the group meets online this Sunday, signaling a cautious approach amid growing signs of oversupply and persistent weakness in prices. Delegates told reporters the meeting is likely to be “straightforward,” with ministers simply reaffirming the …
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