OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo said on Thursday there is no doubt that in the wake of efforts by global oil producers to curb production, the crude market is rebalancing, and doing so at an accelerating pace.
“There is no doubt that this market is rebalancing at an accelerating pace,” Barkindo said in a speech at the Oil & Money conference in London.
“Stability is steadily returning and there is far more light at the end of the dark tunnel we have been traveling down for the past three years.”
Oil prices have fallen by 50 per cent since mid-2014, prompting energy companies to cut back on exploration and producers to curb production.
Producers from OPEC as well as a group of non-OPEC countries led by Russia have agreed to reduce output by 1.8 million barrels per day until March 2018.
That pact is aimed at supporting prices and reducing oil stock levels in OECD…
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