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OPEC+ Oil Production Hike May Not Be as Steep as Feared
Yahoo Financeยท 2025-09-26 09:28
Group 1 - OPEC+ is not increasing oil production as much as the agreement suggests, with some members near capacity and others compensating for past overproduction, which may alleviate market concerns about oversupply [1][2][5] - OPEC+ members have delivered 75% of the production increases since April 2025, but this may drop to 50% later this year, with actual production about 500,000 barrels per day below the nominal increase [2][4] - Most OPEC+ producers, except Saudi Arabia and the UAE, lack significant spare production capacity, limiting potential output increases despite the extension of production cuts [3][5] Group 2 - The eight OPEC+ producers have begun to return 137,000 barrels per day of cuts to the market in October, citing a steady global economic outlook and healthy market fundamentals [4] - Iraq, OPEC's second-largest producer, is not significantly increasing output due to compensating for past overproduction, while Russia faces challenges that may force it to reduce output [5] - Lower supply from OPEC+ could stabilize Brent prices in the mid to high $60s per barrel, contrary to forecasts predicting prices below $60 [6]