«Все сошлись во мнении о сокращении добычи на 10 млн барр/с странами ОПЕК и не-ОПЕК на май и июнь. В течение следующего полугодия мы частично восстановим добычу до сокращения в 8 млн б/c. Это соглашение будет действовать два года, на 2021 год параметры в соглашении заложены в 6 млн б/с», - сказал глава Минэнерго России.

OPEC led by Saudi Arabia and its allies led by Russia, which together make up the informal OPEC+ group, had forged a pact to curb crude production by 10 million barrels per day (bpd) or 10% of global supplies in marathon talks on Thursday.

We will use the SPR to store as much oil as possible," US Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said at a G20 energy summit. "This will take surplus oil off the market at a time when commercial storage is filling up and the market is oversupplied."

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Markets were closed for the Good Friday holiday in major centres. But on Thursday, Brent oil prices LCOc1, which hit an 18-year low last month, were trading around $32 a barrel, half their level at the end of 2019.

Adjust downwards their overall crude oil production by 10.0 mb/d, starting on 1 May 2020, for an initial period of two months that concludes on 30 June 2020. For the subsequent period of 6 months, from 1 July 2020 to 31 December 2020, the total adjustment agreed will be 8.0 mb/d. It will be followed by a 6.0 mb/d adjustment for a period of 16 months, from 1 January 2021 to 30 April 2022.

Under the proposed deal, the 10 million b/d OPEC+ cuts would cover the months of May and June, and then be rolled back to 8 million b/d for the rest of 2020, and then down to 6 million b/d for all of 2021 through April 22,

U.S. Rig Count is down 62 rigs from last week to 602, Canada Rig Count is down 6 rigs from last week to 35

Brent rose by almost 2.6%, or 87 cents, to $33.71 a barrel, WTI were up 5%, or $1.27 cents, at $26.36 a barrel

The United States has become the world’s largest producer but Trump’s administration has shown no appetite to mandate cuts.

Saudi Arabia and Russia, the two OPEC+ leaders, have insisted that they will only participate if the US also agrees to production cuts.

The oil market has collapsed due to the coronavirus pandemic, as well as the inability of the OPEC+ alliance to agree on a production cut strategy at its last meeting March 5-6, when Russia rejected a Saudi-led proposal for deeper cuts.

"At the same time, the industry has announced and initiated a number of measures, and we can already see that this is affecting activity on the Norwegian shelf. Substantial cost cuts have been announced, reducing both exploration activity, investments and operating costs moving forward," says Director General Ingrid Sølvberg.

Brent was up by 21 cents, or 0.8%, at $32.08 per barrel, WTI rose 82 cents, or 3.8%, to $24.45 a barrel

"We are encouraged by the President’s strong diplomacy with Saudi Arabia and Russia, and we are optimistic further progress will be made in the days ahead. No one wins in a price war, and the Saudis and the Russians aren’t benefiting from their decisions. We also urged the administration to avoid U.S. policies that could do more harm than good for American producers.