- Prices of Oil climb after Opec+ agrees on 2 million bpd output cut Crude gained more than 10% over the past week in the run-up to the first in-person meeting of the alliance in Vienna Oil prices climbed after the Opec+ alliance agreed to reduce output by 2 million barrels per day, its biggest production cut since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, as it vies to boost the energy market amid a global economic slowdown that is weighing on fuel demand.
- West Texas Intermediate, the gauge that tracks US crude, was trading 0.41 per cent higher at $88.12 a barrel.
- Many producers within Opec+ have been unable to meet their targets, the new cut output is higher than many members’ current production levels, with a 2 million bpd reduction expected to end up being closer to 1 million bpd in terms of actual cuts to output.
- "It is believed that the price impact of the announced measures will be significant.
- “Energy is something that can never be attended to in short-term tweaks and moves … the world energy markets need attendance, careful planning and investments.”
- The White House told US President Joe Biden was “disappointed” by the Opec+ decision.