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OPEC+ Likely to Stick to Oil Output Hike Plan, Sources Say

Summary • OPEC panel to meet at 1300 GMT, sources say • Group scheduled to unwind output cuts gradually from April • Oil rises towards $77 as tariffs spark supply disruption fears (Reuters) – OPEC+ is likely to adhere to current plans to raise output gradually from April when a panel of top ministers meets …

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OPEC+ Unlikely to Change Output Policy When Panel Meets on Monday, Sources Say

(Reuters) – OPEC+ is unlikely to alter existing plans to raise output gradually when it meets on Monday, delegates from the producer group told Reuters, despite U.S. President Donald Trump urging OPEC and its de facto leader Saudi Arabia to bring down prices. The meeting of top ministers from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting …

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OPEC Gives Haitham Al-Ghais Second Term as Secretary-General

Kuwaiti’s tenure as OPEC’s top official extended to mid-2028 OPEC+ delayed output restart last week to defend oil prices OPEC appointed Haitham Al-Ghais for a second three-year term as its secretary-general, extending his tenure until mid-2028. The Kuwaiti oil executive has been the top official at the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries since mid-2022. OPEC and its allies agreed …

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OPEC Makes Deepest Cut Yet to 2024 World Oil Demand Forecast

Group makes fifth reduction to estimate amid signs of weakness Alliance agreed last week to delay, slow revival in its output OPEC cut oil demand growth forecasts for this year and next for a fifth straight month, making its deepest reduction to the 2024 outlook so far after agreeing to extend its supply curbs. The Organization …

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Bank Sold Over $270 million of US Oil Futures Ahead of OPEC+ Meet, Source Says

(Reuters) – A single bank sold a large volume of U.S. oil futures contracts in early afternoon trading on Wednesday, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said, pushing prices down more than 1% within minutes and causing traders to scramble to decipher the reason. The sale, just hours ahead of an OPEC+ virtual …

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OPEC+ Likely to Prolong Oil Cuts for Q1, Sources Say

Summary Slower demand, rising output beyond the group swells supply Global oil prices rangebound between $70 and $80/barrel OPEC+ to decide on planned UAE production increase from January (Reuters) – OPEC+ is likely at its meeting on Thursday to extend its latest round of oil output cuts until the end of the first quarter, four …

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The Wrong Oil Price Is Truthfully a Problem for OPEC+

The cartel needs to be more honest about the implications of its drive to keep crude prices high.  By Javier Blas The best scandals are those that start when someone, somewhere, decides to say something utterly shocking: the truth! A senior official of the OPEC+ oil cartel has said publicly what many thought privately — the …

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OPEC+ Postpones Output Policy Meeting to Dec 5

(Reuters) – The OPEC+ alliance of oil-producing countries has postponed its next meeting on output policy to Dec. 5 from Dec. 1 to avoid a conflict with another event, OPEC said on Thursday. A summit of Gulf Arab countries is due to be held in Kuwait City on Dec. 1 which several OPEC+ ministers plan …

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OPEC+ Discusses Further Delay to Oil Output Hike, Sources Say

By Maha El Dahan, Alex Lawler and Vladimir Soldatkin Iraqi, Saudi, Russian officials hold meeting in Iraq Talks come ahead of Sunday’s OPEC+ meeting Azerbaijan says OPEC+ might consider oil cuts rollover DUBAI/LONDON/MOSCOW, Nov 26 (Reuters) – OPEC+ nations are discussing a further delay to a planned oil output hike that was due to start …

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