Russia and OPEC countries intend to stabilize oil market
Russia continues to work with OPEC+ partners to stabilise the oil market, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson stated.
Russia continues to work with OPEC+ partners to stabilise the oil market, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson stated.
The seven OPEC+ nations, namely Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman, have agreed to increase daily oil production in September by 188,000 (on August), OPEC said after their meeting.
Today, the first meeting under the OPEC+ Charter of Cooperation is underway in Baku.
Russia cut oil production by 61,000 barrels per day in June compared with May, according to the latest OPEC report.
OPEC’s crude oil production surged last month as Persian Gulf members restored exports through the Strait of Hormuz amid a peace accord between the U.S. and Iran.
Iraq has considered leaving OPEC if the oil producer group does not allow Baghdad to significantly increase oil production, Reuters reported, citing sources.
OPEC predicts that global oil demand will rise by 19 million barrels per day over the next quarter-century, with India expected to lead the growth.
Seven OPEC+ countries have decided to increase their oil production quotas by 188,000 barrels per day (bpd) in July, thus bringing the alliance's total quota for July to 35.83 million bpd, excluding overproduction compensation for countries violating the OPEC+ deal, OPEC said.
Global oil prices could rise by another approximately $100 per barrel under new restrictions on Russian oil and exceed $250 per barrel, Executive Secretary of the presidential commission on fuel and energy sector development strategy and environmental security and Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin said.
According to OPEC, Russian oil accounted for the majority of India and China's oil imports in March of this year.
Oil production in OPEC countries dropped in April 2026 by 420,000 barrels per day to a 36-year minimum, Bloomberg reported.
The United Arab Emirates withdrew from the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) from May 1, the organization said in a statement.
Seven key OPEC+ members (Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Oman and Algeria) have decided to raise oil output quotas by 188,000 barrels per day (bpd) in June, the group said in a joint statement.
The global oil market is experiencing a deep crisis, with large volumes of oil not reaching the market, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said.
Russia is not considering exiting the OPEC+ format, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
The United Arab Emirates exit from OPEC would be painful for the oil cartel, undermining Saudi Arabia’s ability to influence global oil prices through it, the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail said.
The United Arab Emirates decision to leave OPEC is a "sovereign, strategic choice" based on the country's long-term economic vision, UAE Foreign Ministry communications director Afra Mahash Al Hameli said.
The United Arab Emirates decided to exit from OPEC and OPEC+ from May 1 of this year, WAM state agency said.
Abu Dhabi will not sever ties with oil-exporting countries after leaving OPEC
The UAE's state news agency WAM reported that the UAE intends to leave OPEC and OPEC+