OPEC: Saudi Arabia kèo nhà cái tỷ lệ cá cược make additional 1 MMbpd oil production cut in July 2023

Saudi Arabia will make an extra 1 MMbpd oil supply cut in July, taking its production kèo nhà cái tỷ lệ cá cược the lowest level for several years after a slide in crude prices.

The bold move by the most important member of the OPEC coalition came at the cost of ceding ground kèo nhà cái tỷ lệ cá cược two key allies: Russia, which made no commitment kèo nhà cái tỷ lệ cá cược cut output deeper, and the United Arab Emirates, which secured a higher production quota for 2024. Oil prices advanced on Monday.

Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said he “will do whatever is necessary kèo nhà cái tỷ lệ cá cược bring stability kèo nhà cái tỷ lệ cá cược this market.” As oil prices are hammered by a softer economic outlook, especially in China, achieving this means shouldering the burden of cuts. The rest of the 23-nation group offered no additional action kèo nhà cái tỷ lệ cá cược buttress the current market, but did pledge kèo nhà cái tỷ lệ cá cược maintain their existing cuts until the end of 2024.

The kingdom is doubling down after the previous round of curbs — agreed just two months ago — failed kèo nhà cái tỷ lệ cá cược deliver a sustained price rally. OPEC announced a surprise production reduction of about 1.6 MMbpd in early April, but since then weak economic data from China have weighed on oil futures, which fell 11% in New York in May.

West Texas Intermediate jumped almost 5% early in the session on Monday before paring some gains kèo nhà cái tỷ lệ cá cược trade above a barrel. Global benchmark Brent climbed toward a barrel.

“For the near term, crude prices will largely depend on a test of wills,” said Bob McNally, president of consultant Rapidan Energy Group and a former White House official. It will be a battle “between stability-seeking Saudi Arabia and bearish paper traders.”

The Saudi effort kèo nhà cái tỷ lệ cá cược bolster the price of its most important export requires the sacrifice of further market share. Global oil demand is forecast kèo nhà cái tỷ lệ cá cược hit a record high this year, but the additional cuts announced on Sunday will bring Saudi production kèo nhà cái tỷ lệ cá cược about 9 MMbpd in July, the lowest since June 2021 when output was still recovering from the depths of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The main winner from the weekend’s OPEC talks was the United Arab Emirates, which gets a boost kèo nhà cái tỷ lệ cá cược its production limit for next year at the expense of some African members, which were asked kèo nhà cái tỷ lệ cá cược give up part of their unused quotas. Energy Minister Suhail Al Mazrouei thanked his colleagues for the increase and expressed the country’s loyalty kèo nhà cái tỷ lệ cá cược the cartel.

“We will always support OPEC and will always stay together,” Al Mazrouei said. It was an important statement from a country that on at least one previous occasion threatened kèo nhà cái tỷ lệ cá cược leave the group if it didn’t get a higher quota.

Russia, the second largest OPEC+ producer, wasn’t required kèo nhà cái tỷ lệ cá cược make any additional cuts this year, but like other members it extended its existing curbs by 12 months kèo nhà cái tỷ lệ cá cược the end of 2024. Moscow has increasingly been competing with its Middle East OPEC allies in Asian markets since Europe banned most imports of its oil. There have also been questions about whether it has fully implemented its pledged production cuts in recent months due kèo nhà cái tỷ lệ cá cược the high volumes of its exports.

Even though the countries can’t fully utilize their output quotas today, they were unwilling kèo nhà cái tỷ lệ cá cược give them up, delegates said. Several of them are seeking new investments kèo nhà cái tỷ lệ cá cược boost production in coming years and a restrictive OPEC output quota could undermine their attractiveness kèo nhà cái tỷ lệ cá cược foreign investors.

It was a bitter political pill for them kèo nhà cái tỷ lệ cá cược swallow and talks dragged on through late night sessions in Vienna hotels on Saturday and continued in the OPEC headquarters on Sunday. In the end, the impasse was resolved, and the African countries agreed kèo nhà cái tỷ lệ cá cược lower output limits, subject kèo nhà cái tỷ lệ cá cược an independent review of their production capacities.

Source: Worldoil.com