OPEC+ reached a deal on oil production increases Sunday, following a protracted dispute between the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia
- The Opec cartel and partners such as Russia will boost supply from August after prices climbed to two-and-half-year highs during the pandemic.
- The move should have an impact on petrol prices at the pump, which have also rocketed.
- The price of Brent crude oil is up 43% this year to almost $74 a barrel.
- Last year, Opec and its partners cut production by a record 10 million barrels per day (bpd) amid a pandemic-induced slump in demand and collapsing prices.
- Under the agreement, the group will begin coordinated increases in production in August. Overall production will grow by 400,000 barrels per day on a monthly basis thereafter.
- However, this year the price of oil has surged as economies have reopened, contributing to rising inflation in some countries and threatening to put the brakes on the global recovery.
“This latest OPEC bust-up highlights important changes in oil marketing strategy that are starting to spread across the global oil patch,” Jim Krane, a fellow at Rice University’s Baker Institute, said, per the NYT.” They said
