The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has banned journalists from The Wall Street Journal, Reuters and Bloomberg News from visiting the organization’s headquarters in Vienna. The newspaper writes about it Finance Timesciting sources.
According to him, it was Saudi Arabian Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman who initiated the ban. The reasons for this decision were not specified. According to the publication, the ban concerns a meeting scheduled for June 4 in Vienna. At the meeting, OPEC member countries will agree on the alliance’s oil production policy for the second half of this year.
According to the statistics of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, in March this year Russia’s lowered oil production level is 300 thousand barrels per day. In the first month of spring, this figure was 9.7 million bpd, while in February the bar was around 10 million bpd.
On May 4, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak stated that Russia is currently reduces According to February figures, the daily oil production volume increased by 500 thousand barrels.
Before that, Novak, OPEC + appreciate The current drop in oil prices may be short-lived.