Tue 25 Jul 2017, 05:11 GMT

Crude oil rises after Russia comments following OPEC/NOPEC meeting


By A/S Global Risk Management.



By Michael Poulson, A/S Global Risk Management

Brent rose for the first time in two days after the meeting of OPEC and NOPEC oil producers was concluded.

The main points are as follows:

- Saudi Arabia would limit crude oil exports at 6.6m barrels per day in August, which is about 1m bpd below the same period in 2016.

- Saudi's August allocations to customers would see deep cuts.

- Producers lagging behind in compliance have pledged to improve.

- If compliance to the oil cut deal reached 100 percent, this would mean that an additional 200k bpd would be removed from the market.

- The oil producers were supportive of a further extension of the deal if required but compliance was necessary.

- Nigeria would not produce more than its target of 1.8m bpd, though the country along with Libya are still exempt from cuts.

Brent is trading at $48.85 at the time of writing - higher than yesterday's close of $48.60.

US API oil inventory data due for release post settlement during US trade today.

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