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OPEC+ announces steeper than anticipated oil production cuts of 2 million bpd creating a clash with the West as U.S. President Joe Biden calls the surprise decision ‘short-sighted’.

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Fuel price fears as OPEC+ cuts oil production

...the short-sighted decision by OPEC+ to cut production quotas while the global economy is dealing with the continued negative impact of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine,” the White House commented. OPEC...
OPEC+ agrees to continue with current output targets, despite market uncertainty

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OPEC+ continues oil production cut in uncertain market

...into effect today, 5 December, in an already churning oil market. Speaking after yesterday’s OPEC+ meeting, Ann-Louise Hittle, vice president, Macro Oils, at Wood Mackenzie, said: “The decision by OPEC+...

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Oil prices rise on OPEC+ deal extension

An agreement to extend the deal on record production cuts until the end of July which was reached at a virtual meeting of OPEC+ on 4 June, saw oil prices...
Jennie Green of Right Fuel Card recaps on events impacting fuel prices in October and makes predictions for November

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Fuel prices – impacts and forecasts

...in demand during 2023.  When demand unexpectedly dropped due to covid, OPEC+ was left with an oversupply leading to a substantial drop in price.  OPEC+ are keen to maintain the...
OPEC+ agrees to continue with current output targets, despite market uncertainty

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What price oil? 2023 In review

...began to speculate on more OPEC cuts. More voluntary cuts were announced amidst OPEC infighting, but markets shook these cuts off as they believed they would not materialise. Q1 Q1...

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Portland Market Report – oil prices

...side spat. Relationships within OPEC have been increasingly discordant for several years now, but they reached breaking point at March’s OPEC meeting in Vienna. Saudi Arabia basically accused fellow OPEC...

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Oil price at seven-year high amid supply concerns

...them at their lowest level in more than five years. The investment bank also commented: “However, with a constructive demand forecast and relatively cautious expectations for Opec+ supply, we expect...

Further Reading

A look at events impacting fuel prices in November and predictions for December

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Thoughts on fuel prices – November in review

...have seen a significant drop during November (no doubt much to OPEC’s dismay).  A couple of factors influencing this both relate to China – one being China’s general economic outlook,...

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Crude oil trend boosts heating oil prices

...open to striking a deal with OPEC to reduce oil output. “Considering that heating oil prices increased sharply following speculation around the last OPEC meeting where the organisation reached an...
Ian Moore, of The Oil Market Journal, reviews the oil price in 2022.

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What price oil? 2022 in review

...oil is one thing, but hunger for food is much worse. Q1 With demand having risen unexpectedly in Q4 2021, against a backdrop of chronic underperformance by OPEC+ in meeting...

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February 2016 update

...demand. The current over supply situation has been well documented; fracked oil flooding US markets, OPEC refusing to cut production in an attempt to maintain market share and now, Iran’s...

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Oil users – fuel price winners once again!

...the winter months when, buoyed-up by OPEC’s production cut, the price of Brent crude hovered at around $55 a barrel, prices started to fall steeply in March, rallied briefly in...
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