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OPEC, allies set to agree oil cut extension to end of 2018
Thu, Nov 30, 2017
As the 14-country OPEC`s meeting started in Vienna, Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said he favoured extending cuts by nine months until the end of 2018. He said it was premature to talk about exiting the cuts at least for couple of quarters and added that OPEC would examine progress at its next meeting in June.
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Oil languishes after OPEC fails to deepen supply cuts, Asia stocks retreat
Fri, May 26, 2017
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and some non-OPEC producers agreed at a meeting in Vienna on Thursday to extend supply cuts of 1.8 million barrels per day until the end of the first quarter of 2018.While OPEC`s move had been expected, some oil market investors had hoped producers would agree to longer or deeper cuts to drain a global glut of oil.
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Oil price may once again fall below $45 per barrel: How does it bode for India?
Fri, May 12, 2017
OPEC and other major producers had been enjoying higher prices since agreeing in November to slash production, a strategy designed to rid global markets of excess supply. But now the strategy appears to be not working.
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Oil prices pinned near five-month low as supply glut weighs
Fri, May 05, 2017
"So far OPEC`s strategy to draw down inventories has not worked ... It seems obvious to us that OPEC will need to keep the cuts in place for longer than the next 6 months if their strategy is to have any chance of success," Neil Beveridge, senior oil and gas analyst at AB Bernstein in Hong Kong said in a note to clients on Friday.
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Oil slips, inventories curb recovery from four-month lows
Fri, Mar 24, 2017
OPEC`s largest producer, Saudi Arabia, expects crude exports to the United States in March will fall by around 300,000 barrels per day from February, in line with the supply-cut agreement OPEC struck in November, a Saudi energy ministry official said.
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Oil bounces off November lows, but bloated U.S. stockpiles pressure market
Thu, Mar 23, 2017
Prices for front-month Brent crude futures, the international benchmark for oil, were at $50.94 per barrel at 0146 GMT, up 30 cents, or 0.59 percent, from their last close. That came after Brent briefly dipped below $50 a barrel the previous session for the first time since November.
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Oil prices hit three-month low as U.S. rig count climbs
Mon, Mar 13, 2017
U.S. drillers added oil rigs for an eighth consecutive week, Baker Hughes said on Friday, as energy companies increased spending to take advantage of a recovery in crude prices since the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) agreed to cut output.
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Oil ticks up on weaker dollar, stalled Russian output cuts
Fri, Mar 03, 2017
The dollar slipped on Friday from its highest in seven weeks against a basket of currencies, although still holding close to a level that anchors Brent crude near $55 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) just under $53.
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