Opec+ to consider oil output cut of more than 1m bpd

The figure is slightly above estimates for a cut given last week, which ranged between 500,000bpd and one million bpd

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The OPEC logo pictured ahead of an informal meeting between members of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) in Algiers, Algeria. — Reuters file photo

By Reuters

Published: Sun 2 Oct 2022, 6:45 PM

Opec+ will consider an oil output cut of more than a million barrels per day (bpd) when it meets on October 5, Opec sources told Reuters on Sunday.

The figure is slightly above estimates for a cut given last week, which ranged between 500,000bpd and one million bpd.

Opec+, which combines Opec countries and allies such as Russia, is meeting in person in Vienna for the first time since March 2020.

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"It is a meeting that is taking place at a very interesting global time," one of the sources said.

The output cuts are being considered on the back of a slide in oil prices from multi-year highs reached in March and market volatility.

Saudi Arabia, Opec’s de facto leader, first flagged the possibility of cuts to correct the market in August. — Reuters

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Published: Sun 2 Oct 2022, 6:45 PM

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