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OPEC bullish on oil market recovery but virus variants pose risk

OPEC sees a strong rebound in oil demand in the second half of 2021 with oil inventories shrinking but the producer group also sees coronavirus variants posing a risk to the recovery

OPEC bullish on oil market recovery but virus variants pose risk

OPEC sees a strong rebound in oil demand in the second half of 2021 with oil inventories shrinking but the producer group also sees coronavirus variants posing a risk to the recovery

India again urges OPEC to phase out oil output cuts

Indian Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan again urged the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to phase out crude output cuts as high prices are stoking inflation

OPEC chief sees oil stocks falling further

OPEC and its allies expect oil inventories to fall further in the coming months, OPEC’s secretary general said, suggesting efforts by the producers to support the market are succeeding

OPEC+ sticks to plans to ease oil cuts

OPEC+ agreed to stick to the existing pace of gradually easing oil supply curbs, two OPEC+ sources said, as producers balanced expectations of a recovery in demand against a possible increase in Iranian supply

OPEC says NOPEC bill could put US overseas assets

U.S. assets and personnel overseas could be at risk if the country decided to pass a bill against OPEC, known as NOPEC, the head of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries told member states

OPEC chief optimistic about 2021 recovery but uncertainty remains

OPEC’s secretary general said there were grounds for optimism that 2021 would be a year of recovery after the slump in oil prices and demand caused by the pandemic

OPEC ‘cautiously optimistic’ oil market will recover in 2021

OPEC’s secretary general said he was cautiously optimistic the oil market would recover this year from the slump in demand brought on by the coronavirus pandemic

Saudi voluntary oil cut to help with low demand in first quarter

Saudi Arabia’s voluntary oil production cut is set to help the oil market navigate through seasonally low oil demand during the first quarter, OPEC’s secretary general told an industry event

OPEC sees oil outlook for first half of 2021 full of downside risks

OPEC sees plenty of downside risks for oil markets in the first half of 2021, its secretary general said, a day before meeting allies led by Russia to discuss output levels for February