Major Oil Producers’ Meeting Helped Crude Oil Prices
On April 20, 2018, major oil producers’ meeting was held in Jeddah to discuss extending ongoing production cuts. The meeting highlighted OPEC’s higher compliance with ongoing production cuts. On April 20, Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said that production cuts could continue into 2019. The expectation of an extension supported oil prices last week. Brent and US crude oil prices increased ~2% and ~1.5% respectively, last week.