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Oil Rises After Saudi Arabia Extends Output Cut -- WSJ
Today 10:03 AM ET (Dow Jones)Print
By Joe Wallace


Saudi Arabia said it is extending its oil production cut, sending crude prices higher in a move that threatens to add fresh fuel to inflation.

Riyadh began to throttle daily crude output (https://www.wsj.com/articles/saudi-arabia-some-opec-members-clash-over-oil-production-quotas-87f43f0c) by a million barrels in July. It has already extended that cut by a month through August, taking daily crude output to nine million barrels. On Thursday, the Ministry of Energy said the cut will remain in place through September.

-- Futures on Brent crude, the global benchmark, rose 0.5% to $83.61 a
barrel.

-- They have jumped 12% over the past month, driven up by the Saudi cuts as
well as export restrictions by Russia.
The rise has boosted gasoline prices at the pump (https://www.wsj.com/articles/oil-prices-perk-up-as-recession-worries-ebb-and-supply-tightens-fb58bf7d) just as the Federal Reserve is expected to pause its efforts to rein in inflation by raising interest rates. Falling energy prices had been helping cool inflation.

Saudi Arabia's energy ministry said the latest extension is in addition to a previous output cut that was announced in April and is due to remain in place through December next year (https://www.wsj.com/articles/opec-members-set-to-cut-production-voluntarily-761602d1).Oil Rises After Saudi Arabia Extends Output Cut -- WSJ
Today 10:03 AM ET (Dow Jones)Print
By Joe Wallace


Saudi Arabia said it is extending its oil production cut, sending crude prices higher in a move that threatens to add fresh fuel to inflation.

Riyadh began to throttle daily crude output (https://www.wsj.com/articles/saudi-arabia-some-opec-members-clash-over-oil-production-quotas-87f43f0c) by a million barrels in July. It has already extended that cut by a month through August, taking daily crude output to nine million barrels. On Thursday, the Ministry of Energy said the cut will remain in place through September.

-- Futures on Brent crude, the global benchmark, rose 0.5% to $83.61 a
barrel.

-- They have jumped 12% over the past month, driven up by the Saudi cuts as
well as export restrictions by Russia.
The rise has boosted gasoline prices at the pump (https://www.wsj.com/articles/oil-prices-perk-up-as-recession-worries-ebb-and-supply-tightens-fb58bf7d) just as the Federal Reserve is expected to pause its efforts to rein in inflation by raising interest rates. Falling energy prices had been helping cool inflation.

Saudi Arabia's energy ministry said the latest extension is in addition to a previous output cut that was announced in April and is due to remain in place through December next year (https://www.wsj.com/articles/opec-members-set-to-cut-production-voluntarily-761602d1).