Thursday, November 30, 2023

CORRECTION: "Oil kingpin Saudi Arabia extends its production cut into first quarter as OPEC+ leaves its official policy unchanged""

The Wall Street Journal "Exclusive" immediately below was hideously wrong.

From CNBC, November 30:

The influential Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries coalition and its allies, collectively known as OPEC+, on Thursday opted against formally deepening production cuts, while de-facto leader Saudi Arabia extended its 1 million-barrel-per-day voluntary trim into the first quarter.

The policy steps were decided in a virtual meeting delayed by internal disagreements over the baselines — the levels off which quotas are decided — of the OPEC group’s largest west African members, Nigeria and Angola. The spat postponed talks initially scheduled to be held in person in Vienna over the weekend of Nov. 25-26. The baselines of Angola, Nigeria and Congo remain under study....

....MUCH MORE

Both Brent and WTI futures are down a bit under two bucks.

Sometimes "Exclusive's" are exclusive for a reason.