The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will likely maintain its crude oil production quotas at its meeting in Vienna, Austria today, Thursday.
Saudi Arabia’s oil minister, Ali Naimi, has indicated that while demand is beginning to pick up, inventories remain dangerously high. Therefore, it would be best for the cartel to “stay its course” by continuing to adhere to previous production cuts until demand stabilizes.
After soaring above $147 a barrel last summer the price of oil tumbled more than 80% to a four-year low of $32.70 a barrel in February. To combat the sharp decline in prices, OPEC has lowered its production quotas by 4.2 million barrels per day (bpd) - about 5% of global demand - since September.
Since February, oil prices have recovered, climbing to their current level above $60 a barrel. But both Naimi and industry analysts have warned that the rally has more to do with market
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