Dhaka, May 3 -- OPEC+ has agreed to accelerate oil production hikes for a second consecutive month, raising output in Jun by 411,000 barrels per day, the group said on Saturday, despite falling prices and expectations of weaker demand.
Following a short online meeting, the producer group announced the supply increase, saying the fundamentals of the oil market were healthy.
Oil prices fell to a four-year low in April below $60 per barrel after OPEC+ announced a bigger-than-expected production boost for May, and as US President Donald Trump's tariffs raised concern of global economic weakness.
OPEC+ sources have said Saudi Arabia is pushing OPEC+ to accelerate the unwinding of earlier output cuts to punish fellow members Iraq and Kazakhs...
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