OPEC

  • Jul 1, 2019
  • 2 min read

Russia voices commitment to continued OPEC caps

The Russian president has expressed support for continuing a deal in which OPEC members and non-members curtail output

OPEC
  • Apr 30, 2019
  • 2 min read

Riyadh will serve own interests with oil production

The energy minister says production cuts could be extended, despite Trump's claims of an agreement to boost output

Saudi Arabia
  • Dec 10, 2018
  • 11 min read

Saudi-Russian oil market leverage adapts to US actions

Moscow and Riyadh agree another output cut arrangement to stabilise the market

Russia
  • Dec 7, 2018
  • 7 min read

Qatar will grow more assertive, but not hubristic

OPEC withdrawal sets a more bullish course for trade and diplomacy, but Doha will not risk its reputation for stability

Qatar
  • Dec 3, 2018
  • 2 min read

Qatar’s motives for leaving OPEC are likely political

The energy minister has announced that Qatar will leave OPEC at the end of the year, saying Doha wants to focus on gas

Qatar
  • Dec 3, 2018
  • 2 min read

Russia’s Saudi focus is strategy as well as publicity

Russia's president indicates that he and the Saudi crown prince can direct oil prices even if they have few friends

Russia
  • Sep 24, 2018
  • 2 min read

OPEC will not increase output quotas despite US demand

OPEC states and non-OPEC allies including Russia agreed in Algiers to leave oil output unchanged

OPEC
  • Jul 25, 2018
  • 2 min read

Russia to boost crude output within OPEC-agreed limits

Moscow can easily bump up oil output to the new modestly higher limits

Russia