OPEC+ meeting delayed as Saudi Arabia and Russia row over oil price collapse: sources

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LBN thread: OPEC+ debates biggest-ever oil cut, awaits U.S. efforts

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Source: Reuters

BUSINESS NEWS APRIL 4, 2020 / 7:59 AM / UPDATED 16 MINUTES AGO

OPEC+ meeting delayed as Saudi Arabia and Russia row over oil price collapse: sources

Rania El Gamal, Vladimir Soldatkin, Alex Lawler
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DUBAI/MOSCOW (Reuters) - OPEC and Russia have postponed a Monday meeting to discuss oil output cuts until April 9, OPEC sources said on Saturday, as a dispute between Moscow and Saudi Arabia over who is to blame for plunging crude prices intensified.

The delay came amid pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries led by Saudi Arabia and its allies, a group collectively known as OPEC+, to urgently stabilise global oil markets.

Oil prices hit an 18-year low on March 30 due to a slump in demand caused by lockdowns to contain the coronavirus outbreak and the failure of OPEC and other producers led by Russia to extend a deal on output curbs that expired on March 31.

OPEC+ is working on a deal to cut the production of oil equivalent by about 10% of world supply, or 10 million barrels per day, in what member states expect to be an unprecedented global effort including the United States.

Washington, however, has yet to make a commitment to join the effort and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday put the blame for the collapse in prices on Saudi Arabia - prompting a firm response from Riyadh on Saturday.

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1. Stock market opening on Monday is going to be interesting

If there is no movement on production limits.