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OPEC sharply drops oil output to its lowest level since May
Sun Sep 11, 2016 8:49 am
OPEC crude-oil output fell to a three-month low in August, new preliminary data show, lending fuel to a drive by Saudi Arabia and its allies to persuade Iran to join a petroleum production freeze this month.
Amid a flurry of phone calls and behind-closed-door meetings from Paris to Moscow, officials from the big oil producers been citing the numbers to argue that the time has come to cap oil output after two years of slumping prices caused by a global glut. Crude prices on Friday were below a barrel, compared with 0 a barrel or more before the slump began in 2014.
The new data show that total production by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries fell by about 200,000 barrels a day to 33 million barrels a day in August, its lowest level since May. The data were compiled this week by OPEC and are set to be released officially on Monday.................
uatoday.tv
Amid a flurry of phone calls and behind-closed-door meetings from Paris to Moscow, officials from the big oil producers been citing the numbers to argue that the time has come to cap oil output after two years of slumping prices caused by a global glut. Crude prices on Friday were below a barrel, compared with 0 a barrel or more before the slump began in 2014.
The new data show that total production by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries fell by about 200,000 barrels a day to 33 million barrels a day in August, its lowest level since May. The data were compiled this week by OPEC and are set to be released officially on Monday.................
uatoday.tv
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