The energy minister of Western Europe’s largest oil producer will announce its decision on whether to slash crude output soon, potentially adding its weight to a global push to shore up prices

The energy watchdog said it expected oil demand to be 99.9 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2020, lowering its annual forecast by almost 1 million and signaling a contraction of 90,000 bpd

OPEC+ said it had agreed to reduce output by 9.7 million barrels per day for May and June, after four days of talks and following pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to arrest the price decline

Saudi Arabia, Russia and allied oil producers will only agree to deep cuts to their crude output at talks this week if the US and several others join in with curbs to help prop up prices

OPEC+ works on a deal to cut the production of oil equivalent by about 10% of world supply, or 10 million barrels per day, in what member states expect to be an unprecedented global effort including the US

US President Donald Trump invited US oil executives to discuss ways to help the industry “ravaged” by slumping energy demand during the coronavirus outbreak and a price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia

Without mentioning who the new deal’s members should or could be, Russia called for a new OPEC+ deal to balance oil markets to cushion the economic fallout from coronavirus

The quick slide in oil prices over the past few days has alarmed OPEC officials as the new virus found in China and several other countries raised concerns about a hit to economic growth and oil demand

South America’s largest oil producer, Brazil, will launch discussions on potentially joining OPEC in July, Brazilian Energy Minister Bento Albuquerque said

Surging oil production from non-OPEC countries led by the US along with abundant global stocks will help the market weather political shocks such as the US-Iran stand-off, IEA said