The decision does not include the potential production increases that eight member countries may agree on, as these nations aim to finish returning to the market the barrels they voluntarily withdrew to support prices

The ministers of eight OPEC+ member countries, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, decided in an online meeting to increase their oil supply by 137,000 barrels per day (bpd) starting in December

The International Energy Agency estimates that the oil production surplus, given the rapid increase in crude entering the market from OPEC+ and a slowdown in demand growth, has averaged 1.9 million barrels per day since the beginning of the year

The OPEC+ alliance, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, has agreed to a new increase in crude oil production for November of 137,000 barrels per day, marking its eighth consecutive monthly increase

In its monthly oil market report, the IEA estimated that global inventories will rise by an average of 2.5 million barrels per day (bpd) in the second half of the year as supply far outpaces demand

OPEC made no changes to its relatively high global oil demand growth forecasts for this year and next, and said the world economy was maintaining a solid growth trend in the second half of this year

Oil prices will decline significantly in the coming months as rising OPEC+ output drives a large buildup in inventories, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said

The schedule indicates that in total the members need to deliver monthly cuts ranging from 190,000 barrels per day to 829,000 bpd to comply with output targets

Oil prices fell by about 2% ahead of a weekend meeting of OPEC+ producers that is expected to consider another increase in production targets in October

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries pumped 27.38 million barrels per day last month, up 270,000 bpd from June’s revised total, the survey showed