All publications by tag «OPEC»
2019, May, 24, 10:10:00
OPEC+ RUSSIA'S ECONOMY
Russia’s GDP unexpectedly grew just 0.5% in the first quarter, below all 14 estimates in a Bloomberg survey. That compares with a 2.7% increase in the last three months of 2018, which was the highest in more than six years as crude output reached a record 11.45mn barrels a day in December, according to ministry data as Opec+ curbs eased.
2019, May, 21, 15:45:00
BALANCED OIL MARKET
Following its 14th Meeting, which took place on 19 May 2019, in Jeddah, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) has reaffirmed its commitment to achieving a balanced market and working towards oil market stability on a sustainable basis with solid fundamentals.
2019, May, 21, 15:40:00
OPEC+ WILL STAY
"We want to bring inventories down to a more normal levels," Falih said. "We need to stay the course and do that in the weeks and months to come."
2019, May, 21, 15:35:00
OPEC+ RUSSIA COOPERATION
Russia sees a range of options that would allow OPEC+ to continue output cooperation until year-end, from easing the limits to ending the extreme throttling-back that has seen some countries exceed original cutback targets.
2019, May, 20, 11:40:00
OPEC+ ISN'T COMPLETE
OPEC+ would take action to offset losses of Iranian supply if market fundamentals justified it. However, no policy changes will be made until the next full OPEC+ meeting in Vienna, in June.
2019, May, 20, 11:25:00
IRAN'S OIL EXPORTS DOWN
Iran has sent abroad between 250,000 bpd and 500,000 bpd of oil so far in May, according to two industry sources who track the flows. Data from Refinitiv Eikon put crude shipments at about 250,000 bpd and exports of crude and condensate, a light oil, at about 400,000 bpd.
2019, May, 17, 07:55:00
OIL NEED PEACE
The region needs more peace and stability to ensure the flow of oil supplies, Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, Secretary-General of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, has said, noting that, "Any tension that occurs in the region affects the whole world."
2019, May, 15, 11:25:00
IRAN NEED 1.5 MBD
The sanctions have already more than halved Iranian oil exports to 1 million bpd or less, from a peak of 2.8 million bpd last year. Exports could drop to as low as 500,000 bpd from May, an Iranian official told Reuters this month.
2019, May, 13, 13:05:00
OPEC OIL PRODUCTION 30.26 MBD
OPEC's collective crude oil production in April held relatively steady from March, rising just 30,000 b/d to 30.26 million b/d,
2019, May, 2, 17:00:00
OPEC + RUSSIA OBLIGATIONS
Russia is meeting its obligations under the OPEC/non-OPEC crude production agreement, and participants remain committed to the arrangement, despite ongoing uncertainty over world energy market developments.