OPEC extends output cut, but big oil price increase unlikely
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May 26, 2017
VIENNA (AP) — An alliance of many of the world's biggest oil-producing nations extended their agreement to cut output for an additional nine months — an effort to support prices that will prove difficult in the face of growing production from the U.S.
Thursday's decision by the OPEC cartel — now at 14 members with the entry of Equatorial Guinea — and 10 other countries led by Russia, means that the reductions of 1.8 million barrels a day agreed on in November will stay in place until March.
Saudi Oil Minister Khalid A. Al-Falih, who presided over the meeting, said he expected that the extensio...
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