Oil prices fall after OPEC+ raises production limits
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries plus Russia agreed to increase production limits for some member states Sunday following a demand by the United Arab Emirates.
Oil prices fell Monday, the day after OPEC+ raised production limits.
The price of Brent crude oil — considered the global benchmark for oil prices — fell as low as at $65.78 a barrel Monday. On Friday, the price was $70.89. The drop constituted a roughly 7% decrease.
The decrease followed a production agreement by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and Russia. On Sunday, the states agreed that the production limits on Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Russia would rise. The cartel additionally decided to boost its monthly production as a whole by 400,000 barrels a day every month from August through December, The Associated Press reported.
OPEC, which calls itself OPEC+ when it includes Russia, is an alliance of many of the world’s major oil producers.
