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OPEC, non-OPEC committed to inventory cut
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 01 - 06 - 2017

OPEC and non-OPEC countries are committed to bringing global oil inventories down to the industry's five-year average, Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Khalid Al-Falih said on Wednesday, adding he saw the target being reached in the very near future.
Speaking in Moscow after a meeting between OPEC and Russia, Falih and his Russian counterpart Alexander Novak also said they saw their cooperation in oil markets lasting after the current joint oil output agreement expires in March next year.
"Our joint declaration with Russia concluded that while the rebalancing goal is on its way to being achieved, more needed to be done to draw inventories toward the five-year average," Falih said.
He reiterated his country's position to do "whatever it takes" along with Russia to help stabilize the oil market, signaling an open-ended policy to reduce the inventory overhang and balance the market.
"It is necessary to work out new framework principles for continued steady cooperation between OPEC and non-OPEC even after the expiration of the Vienna agreements," Novak said on Wednesday.
Last December, Russia and 10 other non-OPEC nations agreed to join OPEC's output cuts for the first time in 15 years.
Last week, OPEC and non-OPEC members led by Moscow agreed to extend cuts in output by a further nine months to March 2018.
Oil prices dropped more than 4 percent after the decision as the market had been hoping oil producers could reach a last-minute deal to deepen the cuts or extend them further, until mid-2018.
On Wednesday, global benchmark Brent crude futures were down 52 cents at $51.32 a barrel by 0838 GMT.
Both Moscow and Riyadh said cooperation would continue beyond the current agreement as both countries were still trying to find ways to co-exist with US shale oil producers, which are not part of the global output reduction deal.
"I attended a meeting of the Saudi and Russian leadership at the Kremlin during which both our nations renewed their determination to rebalance the global crude oil market in the interest of greater market stability and restated our commitment to doing whatever it takes to attain those goals," Falih said.
President Vladimir Putin met Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, second deputy premier and minister of defense, on Tuesday in Moscow where both hailed their growing partnership in oil markets and dialogue on Syria. — Agencies


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