On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia announced that it will extend the current cut of one million barrels of oil a day to the end of the year,
according to the Wall Street Journal. Russia’s deputy prime minister, Alexander Novak, also said that Russia will also keep its 300,000 barrel a day output through December.
The current cut policy is now extended into December.
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The Associated Press reports that the extended cut will take 1.3 million barrels of crude oil out of the global market.
The New York Times stated that together, the cuts could amount to more than one percent of global supplies, although Russia’s contribution to the reduction may be difficult to track.