OPEC Seeks To Rescue Oil Market By Closing Deals For Future Investments

Written by Valdemar Medeiros

Published on 05/12/2020 at 11:33

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OPEC Warned That the “Massive Challenges” Regarding Investments Caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic Will Likely Persist in 2021, as the Group of Oil Producers Failed to Reach an Agreement on an Extension of Their Production Cuts.

“The shock to the oil industry is enormous and its severe impacts on investments are likely to reverberate over the coming years,” said Abdelmadjid Attar, OPEC president and Algeria’s Minister of Energy, to the group on Monday.

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“The pandemic continues to escalate, with cases rising in many regions of the world. It continues to adversely affect the global economy, investments, and, consequently, the world energy markets, in an unprecedented way,” Abdelmadjid stated for OPEC.

Countries Disagreed on the Amount of Oil to Be Produced at OPEC Event

OPEC and its allies have since postponed negotiations until Thursday, Reuters reported on Monday, citing three unidentified sources, as key participants disagreed on the amount of oil they should pump amid weak demand.

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Current Production Cuts and Investments, According to OPEC

OPEC cut a record 9.8 million barrels of oil per day in May, when the total economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic began to emerge and affected investments. The group reduced the restrictions to 7.7 million barrels per day in August, sensing a tepid recovery in global economic activity.

Under the current agreement, collective restrictions are set to decrease again to 5.8 million barrels of oil per day starting in January – but average demand in Asia, a second lockdown in the UK, new lockdowns in Europe, and the concerning trajectory of the virus in the United States have led some ministers to advocate for an extension of the current cuts.

“Our base case remains that the group will err on the side of caution, addressing market anxieties stemming from the virus resurgence on both sides of the Atlantic and rallying behind a three-month delay in its next phase of 1.9mb/d gradual reduction to April 2021,” said Ehsan Khoman, head of MENA research and strategy at MUFG, in a recent research report.

“In the absence of any risks of unforeseen events leading up to the meeting, we do not anticipate much price action post-meeting, given that markets have effectively priced in a three-month extension.”

OPEC Seeks To Rescue Oil Market By Closing Deals For Future Investments

OPEC Warned That the “Massive Challenges” Regarding Investments Caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic Will Likely Persist in 2021, as the Group of Oil Producers Failed to Reach an Agreement on an Extension of Their Production Cuts.

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Current Production Cuts and Investments, According to OPEC

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OPEC Seeks To Rescue Oil Market By Closing Deals For Future Investments

OPEC Warned That the “Massive Challenges” Regarding Investments Caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic Will Likely Persist in 2021, as the Group of Oil Producers Failed to Reach an Agreement on an Extension of Their Production Cuts.

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