OPEC looks to cut production as virus outbreak hits demand

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The oil-producing countries of the OPEC cartel are considering slashing output to contain a plunge in prices that has been worsened by concerns about the virus outbreak's disruption to the world economy.

Oil ministers from the group's 14 countries were gathering in Vienna on Thursday as energy producers were taking a hit from a 25% slide in crude prices since January.

In December, OPEC oil-producing countries and Russia, which participates in the talks, agreed to cut production by 1.7 million barrels per day, up from the 1.2 million barrel per day cut they had been observing for the previous three years. He noted, however, that Russia - which is not part of OPEC and would join the discussions on Friday - "would resist until the last moment" any production cuts.

 

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