Oil prices traded slightly lower as investors largely stayed on the sidelines ahead of a highly anticipated OPEC+ meeting that could offer key signals about future supply levels

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak stated that the OPEC+ group has not yet discussed increasing oil production by an additional 411,000 barrels per day ahead of its upcoming meeting

Oil prices extended losses during Asian trading and were headed for weekly declines due to renewed concerns over oversupply following a report that OPEC+ may be considering another production hike

OPEC has announced that it is maintaining its forecast of a 1.3% year-on-year increase in global oil demand for both 2025 and 2026, while expecting a notable rise next quarter

The OPEC and its allies have agreed to accelerate oil production increases for the second consecutive month, raising output by 411,000 barrels per day (bpd) in June

The IEA said global oil demand will grow at its slowest rate for five years in 2025, and U.S. production rises will also taper off due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on trading partners and their retaliatory moves

Given the weak growth outlook amid a global trade war, the bank expects that oil demand will rise by only 300,000 bpd between the end of last year and the end of 2025

New U.S. tariffs and an unexpected production increase from OPEC+ could trigger what the Bank of America called a “negative commodity demand shock”

Russia has ordered the Black Sea terminal handling Kazakhstan’s oil exports pumped by U.S. majors Chevron and Exxon Mobil to close two of its three moorings amid a standoff between Kazakhstan and OPEC+ over excess production

by 135,000 barrels per day in May.

That would be the second monthly increase under a plan to unwind some of the millions of barrels per day of cuts the group has had in place since 2022