The International Energy Agency (IEA) has again raised its 2024 global oil demand growth forecast, though its projection remains lower than OPEC’s expectations

The oil market could be heading for a supply crunch from 2025 onwards as oil exploration fails to keep pace with demand, Occidental Petroleum, opens new tab Chief Executive Vicki Hollub said

Saudi Arabia praised the countries inside and outside the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) for their unity and commitment to the stability of the oil market through the “Declaration of Cooperation” signed in December, according to a cabinet statement

OPEC oil output rose in December, as increases in Iraq, Angola and Nigeria offset ongoing cuts by Saudi Arabia and other members of the wider OPEC+ alliance in support of the market

Chevron said it would take non-cash writedowns on U.S. oil and gas production, primarily in California, and for securing abandoned wells and pipelines in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico that had been previously sold

OPEC+ plans to hold a meeting of its Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) in early February, though an exact date has not been decided

This trend implies that the group may encounter challenges in easing production cuts unless there is a significant acceleration in global oil demand or OPEC is willing to accept lower prices

Angola said it would leave OPEC in a blow to the Saudi-led oil producer group that has sought in recent months to rally support for further output cuts to prop up oil prices

Russian President Vladimir Putin has extended until June 30 the ban on selling crude oil and petroleum products to recipients adhering to the price cap set by the G7 countries, EU and Australia

OPEC said it remains cautiously optimistic about the fundamentals of the oil market for 2024 and blamed ‘exaggerated concerns’ about demand for the recent price drop, while sticking to its relatively high prediction of crude consumption for next year