OPEC+ wants to keep oil production under control

OPEC+ remains true to its principles. Sunday's announcement by OPEC+ and OPEC+, a strong 24-member cartel of oil-producing countries, that they will adhere to...
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On Sunday, the 24-member strong cartel of oil-producing nations OPEC and OPEC+ announced they will adhere to the plan they agreed to in October and continue to restrict supply by 2 million barrels a day. The commitment comes just after Ukraine-aligned G7 nations announced a price cap on oil from OPEC+ member Russia for refusing to holster its guns.
Oil markets remain ever-sensitive to seismic world events and geopolitics -- and, yes, that includes war and pandemics. Renewed lockdowns in China have sent a shiver down OPEC's gold-plated spine, playing a major role in a roughly 13% dropoff in oil prices in the past month. Exacerbating the slide is the $60 per barrel price cap imposed on Russian exports by the G7 as a retaliatory maneuver that extends to all European Union nations and is designed to deprive Moscow of much-needed oil revenue without completely dismantling the global supply chain.
OPEC estimates that Russian oil exports are likely to fall by more than 1 million barrels a day. The cartel says that it isn't meeting to review its production until June but remains ready to "meet at any time and take immediate additional measures to address market developments."
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