OPEC + countries agree to increase oil production from January by 0.5 million barrels per day
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OPEC+ ministers on Thursday approved the decision to increase oil production from January 2021 by 0.5 million barrels per day, meetings will be held on a monthly basis, sources in OPEC said, TASS reports.
"Yes, we supported an increase of 0.5 million barrels per day. The meetings will be monthly to monitor the market situation. Starting from January, the increase will be by 0.5 million barrels per day, depending on market conditions," they said.
In total, in January, OPEC+ will reduce production by 7.2 million barrels from the level of October 2018, while the original terms of the deal assumed a reduction of 5.8 million.
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