Oil prices fell from recent highs for a second day on Friday as Texas energy firms began to prepare for restarting oil and gas fields shuttered by freezing weather

The International Energy Agency (IEA) warned the world oil market remains fragile, despite a recent recovery in prices, as tighter restrictions are imposed to curb more contagious coronavirus variants

Demand will rise by 5.79 million barrels per day (bpd) this year to 96.05 million bpd, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said in a monthly report

OPEC+ expects deep output cuts will keep the global oil market in deficit throughout the year, even though the producer group has revised down 2021 demand growth

The 13-member Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is pumping 25.75 million barrels per day in January, the survey found, up 160,000 bpd from December and a further increase from a three-decade low reached in June

OPEC+ compliance with oil production cuts in December reached 99%, two sources from the producer group told Reuters. The figure is slightly below November’s 101%

The outlook for US shale oil is slightly more “optimistic” due to rising prices and output will recover further in the second half of 2021, OPEC said, in a sign its policy of cutting output is helping rivals pump more

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

U.S. crude oil production is expected to fall by 190,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2021 to 11.1 million bpd, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said, a smaller decline than its previous forecast for a drop of 240,000 bpd

The rest of OPEC+ will hold output steady, meaning the group’s overall cuts would amount to around 7.05 million bpd by March, excluding the planned voluntary additional cuts from Saudi Arabia