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OPEC Meeting Delayed over African Output Disagreement: WSJ

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OPEC+ has delayed the upcoming ministerial meeting from November 26 to November 30 as it aims to align the group amid disagreement on output assessment from African nations according to WSJ.

  • The biggest producers in Africa of Angola and Nigeria disagree so far with production estimates supplied to OPEC by third-party analysts according to delegates.
  • Discontent within comes as Saudi has shouldered much of the efforts to shore up global oil prices alone.
  • A previous meeting in June almost collapsed when the two African nations had clashed with Saudi Arabia over their output level. A fall in 2024 quotas were agreed unless the countries could demonstrate higher production capacity before November.
  • One African OPEC delegate previously said that a minor reduction would be tolerable but a significant cut was "not even an option" according to S&P Global.
    • Brent JAN 24 down -4.2% at 78.96$/bbl
    • WTI JAN 24 down -4.4% at 74.37$/bbl


Source: S&P Global

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