In Expected Move, OPEC+ Extends Voluntary Oil Production Cuts

OPEC announced that its voluntary cuts due to expire at the end of March have been extended until the end of June. Since oil markets remain weak, we had expected OPEC and its allies to extend the voluntary cuts for another quarter. The 2.2 million barrels per day in voluntary cuts, largely shouldered by Saudi Arabia and to a lesser extent Russia, were originally implemented as a temporary effort last year but have been extended several times as the market has remained oversupplied, in our view.