White House urges OPEC members to find output compromise – Bloomberg
|US President Joe Biden’s administration urged OPEC and its allies (OPEC+) to reach a compromise to increase production after the cartel postponed a meeting on Monday, Bloomberg reports, citing White House officials familiar with the discussions.
The calling off the talks implies that there will not be an increase in the oil output.
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Even though the U.S. isn’t a party to the talks, it’s “closely monitoring the OPEC+ negotiations and their impact on the global economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.”
“Administration officials have been engaged with relevant capitals to urge a compromise solution that will allow proposed production increases to move forward.”
“As the U.S. economy recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s critical that energy supplies keep pace, which requires stable oil market conditions.”
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