Saudi Arabia, Russia and other major oil producers in the OPEC+ alliance agreed Wednesday to maintain their current level of oil output, in a move that will preserve the status-quo and please the Joe Biden administration.
What happened: The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) met on Wednesday with another group of oil producers including Russia, Oman, Sudan, Azerbaijan and six others. Together, these OPEC and non-OPEC members are known as OPEC+.