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Posted on October 27, 2025
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Add as preferred source on GoogleOPEC+ may boost December oil output as Saudi Arabia seeks market share. Sanctions on Russia complicate agreements, affecting global oil prices.
By Ahmad Ghaddar and Olesya Astakhova
LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) -Eight OPEC+ nations are leaning towards making another modest increase in oil output for December when they meet on Sunday as Saudi Arabia pushes to reclaim market share, four sources familiar with the talks said.
OPEC+ has boosted output targets by a total of over 2.7 million barrels per day - or about 2.5% of global supply - in a series of monthly increases since April. That is just under half the 5.85 million bpd cumulative cuts in supply the group had agreed in preceding years.
The group was likely to agree on Sunday to increase December output targets by another 137,000 bpd, two of the four sources said, while the other two sources gave no estimate. All sources declined to be identified by name.
The producer group most recently decided to raise targets by 137,000 bpd for November.
Additional supply from OPEC+ helped drive oil prices to a five-month low on Oct. 20 on concern that a glut was building. U.S. President Donald Trump, however, imposed new sanctions on Russia's two largest oil companies last week, spurring a rally above $66 a barrel and easing investor worries about a glut.
The group has found the most recent monthly increases more difficult to agree because sanctions are making it difficult for Russia to find buyers for additional output.
Russia and Saudi Arabia, the two biggest OPEC+ producers, have over the past years sometimes disagreed on the size of output rises but ultimately found a compromise.
OPEC, the office of Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, and Saudi Arabia's government media office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
(Additional reporting by Maha El Dahan, Editing by Alex Lawler, Simon Webb and Conor Humphries)
OPEC+ is a coalition of oil-producing countries, including OPEC members and other major producers like Russia, that coordinate oil production policies to manage oil prices and supply.
Oil output targets are specific production levels set by oil-producing countries or organizations like OPEC+ to regulate the supply of oil in the market.
Oil prices are crucial as they impact global economies, inflation rates, and the cost of goods and services, influencing both consumers and businesses.
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