An energy analyst at KPMG says OPEC+ is most likely to stick with the earlier agreed top plan of a 400,000 barrel per day increase.
But the group may ponder increasing the amount "marginally, or more substantially,"
- by 600,000 barrels to 1 million barrels per day
This is from a piece at DJ/Market Watch but there isn't much from the analyst to support thoughts on increasing the output.
Countering the argument OPEC+ may consider boosting output above 400k barrels are reports over the weekend (vai Bloomberg) that the OPEC+ Joint Technical Committee (JTC) significantly downgraded expectations of a market deficit at their meeting last week:
- now expects the oil market to show a deficit of just 300,000 barrels per day in Q4, down from initial expectations of a 1.1m bpd deficit
- The role of the JTC is to monitor the market, the JTC meets ahead of every ministerial meeting of OPEC+. The JTC met last Thursday.
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The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies, OPEC+, hold their monthly ministerial meeting on Thursday.
