Opec turns 60 at 'critical moment' for virus-hit oil

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[LONDON] Opec faces a critical moment in its 60-year history with the coronavirus crushing crude demand and prices, discord among its members, and threats from a world seeking cleaner fuels. Read more at The Business Times.

The Vienna-based institution convenes for regular meetings to assess the state of supply and demand in the marketplace, and its pronouncements can still spark major price swings.

Today, Opec pumps about one third of global oil - but Opec+ accounts for almost 50 per cent, giving it greater clout. This despite the larger Opec+ in March failing to agree on a new strategy - with Russia refusing cartel kingpin Saudi Arabia's request to cut their collective output and combat a virus-fuelled slump in crude demand.

 

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