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By Rhod Mackenzie

The market practically overlooked the thirty-sixth meeting of the relevant ministers of the OPEC+ oil club countries on November 30. Although there were production cuts announced of 2.2 million barrels per day (mbd), oil prices briefly increased before decreasing again, ultimatel...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Russia's trading of alliances from Europe to the Middle monarchies has proved lucrative. On 6th December, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and on the following day,the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi travelled to Moscow for meetings with Putin. T...

By Timofey Bordachev

The visit of the Russian President to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as well as the extensive program of negotiations of the delegation accompanying him, is an excellent indicator of how much freer the leading countries of the World Majority have become in th...

By Rhod Mackenzie

On Wednesday 6th December, the Russian President will be visiting the United Arab Emirates, marking the start of a series of meetings with several colleagues from the Middle East. These meetings boast a significant and varied agenda, including a demonstration of the failure of th...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The market paid little attention to the thirty-sixth OPEC+ oil producers club ministerial meeting held last Thursday. Although production cuts amounting to 2.2 million barrels per day were announced, oil prices rose briefly before slumping once again.

The production quotas for...

By Rhod Mackenzie

At the scheduled meeting on 30th November this year, the nations that are part of the OPEC+ agreement resolved to decrease the amount of oil produced in 2024 by 2.2 million barrels per day. Out of this, 1.3 million were already a part of the production reduction measures extended...