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OPEC+ working on complex production cut deal for 2024-2025, sources say
May 30, 2024 11:06 AM

LONDON, May 30 (Reuters) - OPEC+ is working on a complex

deal to be agreed at its meeting on Sunday that will allow the

group to extend some of its deep oil production cuts into 2025,

three sources familiar with OPEC+ discussions said on Thursday.

OPEC+ has made a series of cuts since late 2022 amid

rising output from the United States and other non-members, and

worries over demand as major economies grapple with high

interest rates.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries led by

Saudi Arabia and allies led by Russia, known as OPEC+, is

currently cutting output by a total of 5.86 million barrels per

day, equal to about 5.7% of global demand.

The cuts include 3.66 million bpd by OPEC+ members valid

through to the end of 2024, and 2.2 million bpd of voluntary

cuts by some members which expire at the end of June.

OPEC+ will begin a series of online meetings at 1100 GMT on

Sunday.

The deal on Sunday could include extending some or all of

the cuts of 3.66 million bpd into 2025 and some or all of the

voluntary cuts of 2.2 million bpd into the third or fourth

quarter of 2024, three sources familiar with the discussions

said on Thursday.

The extension of some cuts into 2025 will likely be made

conditional on OPEC+ agreeing new individual member output

capacity figures later in 2024, two of the sources said.

OPEC+ is trying to agree new oil production capacity for its

member countries by the end of 2024, an issue that has created

tensions in the past because each nation's output target is

calculated from its notional capacity.

"We expect OPEC+ could announce on Sunday a framework for

2025 and how to phase back some of the cuts," said Amrita Sen,

co-founder of Energy Aspects think-tank.

The countries which have made voluntary cuts that are

deeper than those agreed with the wider group are Algeria, Iraq,

Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Oman, Russia, Saudi Arabia and the United

Arab Emirates.

"We would not entirely rule out a plot twist - in the form

of a deeper cut - given (Saudi energy minister) Prince

Abdulaziz's (bin Salman) penchants for Hollywood twist endings,"

said Helima Croft from RBC Capital Markets.

Prince Abdulaziz has repeatedly said he likes keeping the

oil market on its toes and promised to punish speculators.

The OPEC+ meeting may coincide with a secondary share

offering in oil giant Aramco on Riyadh's Saudi

Exchange - the culmination of a years-long effort to sell

another chunk in one of the world's most valuable companies

after its record-setting IPO in 2019 raised $29.4 billion.

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