BREAKING! Saudi Arabia and Russia ‘agree to freeze oil production’ in Qatar talks
Saudi Arabia and Russia have agreed to freeze petroleum output in an assembly in Qatar.Ali al-Naimi, the Saudi Arabian oil minister met with Alexander Novakin Doha, his Russian counterpart, in Qatar on Tuesday to discuss a freeze in the petroleum price to avoid the oil price falling further.
“Immobilizing now at the January level is adequate for the marketplace,” Saudi Arabia’s Ali al-Naimi said.
“We do not desire substantial gyrations in prices, we need to match demand. We want a stable oil cost.”The cost of brent crude soared 6 per cent on Tuesday to trade at $35.22 a barrel in prediction of an understanding.
It fell back after one was pronounced, reflecting disappointment that an outright reduction in creation wasn’t on the table.
Oil has lost more than 70 per cent of its value in 18 months, wreaking havoc on the petroleum-dependent economies for example Saudi Arabia, which has been made to make sweeping welfare cuts.
The kingdom insisted it wouldn’t check generation unless other manufacturers in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed to join. Venezuela had lobbied exporters including Iran Russia and Saudi Arabia to arrange a meeting with OPEC to try and reach an arrangement.
