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Brent oil rises on weaker dollar though IEA cuts demand outlook

Consumption in the first quarter of 2021 will be 600,000 barrels a day lower than previously thought, the agency said as the coronavirus outbreak continues to impede people's movements

Saudi's surprise output cut to lift Brent to $60 a barrel by mid-year: UBS

UBS expects Brent to trade at $63 per barrel in the second half of 2021

Oil near 10-month high after Saudi Arabia's unilateral supply cut

Futures in New York rose 0.2 per cent, but gave up some earlier gains after failing to rise above the lows set in June 2019, a level seen as providing technical resistance

Oil little changed as investors await OPEC+ decision on February output

Oil prices were little changed after OPEC and allied producers, including Russia, continued deadlocked talks on February output while fuel demand concerns lingered on amid new Covid-19 lockdowns

Oil dips after OPEC warns of downside risks to demand in first half of 2021

Oil prices dipped on Monday, the first day of 2021 trading, ahead of an OPEC meeting to discuss output levels for February with fears for first-half demand seeping into the market as pandemic lingers

OPEC cuts 2021 oil demand outlook again as pandemic impact lingers

Demand will rise by 5.90 million barrels per day (bpd) next year to 95.89 million bpd, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said in a monthly report

OPEC's decision to hike oil output would stabilise fuel prices: Pradhan

Pradhan's statement comes in the wake of a steep hike in the prices of petrol and diesel recently

OPEC+ needed a Swat team for swift action, instead it mobilises an Army

Monday's virtual gathering of the 13 OPEC ministers broke up without agreement, the bigger OPEC+ meeting was delayed by two days and then by another two hours as the start time approached

OPEC+ agrees to increase output by 500,000 barrels a day in Jan 2021

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and non-OPEC countries decided at a meeting to increase oil production by 500,000 barrels per day in January 2021

OPEC+ resumes talks on 2021 policy amid discord on how to tackle oil demand

OPEC and Russia resume talks in a bid to define policies for 2021 after an initial round of discussions this week failed to bring a compromise on how to tackle weak oil demand amid a second Covid wave

OPEC+ agrees to raise oil output by 500,000 bpd from January: Report

OPEC+ sources have said Russia, Iraq, Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates have all to a certain extent expressed interest in supplying the market with more oil in 2021

Oil prices hold steady as OPEC+ works on compromise on production deal

OPEC and Russia have moved closer to a compromise, OPEC+ sources told Reuters

Oil prices slip as OPEC+ resume negotiations on output cut extension

Oil prices fell as producers including Saudi Arabia and Russia locked horns over the need to extend record production cuts set in place in the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic

Oil rallies as OPEC+ makes headway on output cut deal after days of talks

The Russian government, after internal talks with its own oil companies, has settled on its position, a person familiar with the discussions said on Wednesday

OPEC+ talks delayed as UAE, Saudi Arabia flight over oil production

At stake is the credibility of the cartel whose actions have underpinned the market since the spectacular oil crash earlier this year

Oil prices inch down as OPEC and allies seek consensus on output

Brent crude was down 19 cents at $47.69 a barrel by 1430 GMT and West Texas Intermediate was down 36 cents at $44.98.

Oil prices slide after OPEC+ talks delays escalate supply concerns

Oil prices slipped amid concerns over mounting supply after leading producers delayed talks on 2021 output policy that could extend production cuts as the Covid pandemic continues to sap fuel demand

Oil prices down 1% as OPEC debates to extend deep output cuts in 2021

U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude for January fell 35 cents, or 0.8%, to $45.18 a barrel

OPEC reaches consensus to extend oil cuts by three months, says Algeria

"There is consensus at the OPEC level ... on extending the current 7.7 million barrels per day (bpd) cuts until ... the end of March," Attar said, according to Algeria's state news agency

Delaying production? OPEC plots next move amid seismic oil market divide

The east-west divide is an added conundrum for OPEC+, which on Monday and Tuesday needs to decide whether to delay a production increase slated for January -- and if so, for how long