Non-OPEC oil producers to cut output 558,000 barrels a day
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December 11, 2016
VIENNA (AP) — OPEC has persuaded 11 non-member countries to cut their oil production in an attempt to raise low prices that have put pressure on government finances in resource-dependent countries.
Qatari Energy Minister Mohammed bin Saleh al-Sada said Saturday that non-members agreed to cut 558,000 barrels per day, less than the 600,000 OPEC had hoped for.
Those non-member cuts would come on top of an OPEC decision Nov. 30 to reduce member output by 1.2 million barrels a day.
Major oil producers such as Russia and Saudi Arabia have seen an oil glut send prices lower and cramp their state budg...
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