OPEC+ achieves 86% May compliance rate with the output cuts of 9.7 million bpd

According to the Energy Intelligence estimates, the OPEC and its allies (OPEC+) achieved an 86% May compliance rate with the oil output cuts of 9.7 million barrels per day that it agreed for both May and June.

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“Some West African members fell short of their pledged production cuts, with Angola and Congo scoring compliance rates of just 54% and 20%, respectively.

Gabon's May output actually exceeded its volumes in October 2018, which was chosen as the baseline month against which the cuts are measured.

Nigeria's May compliance was a better-than-expected 83%, after its output fell by around 260,000 bpd between April and May.

Non-OPEC members, Kazakhstan, Brunei and South Sudan, scored rates of 47%, 22% and 13% respectively. Sudan also exceeded its October 2018 baseline output.

Russia -- the Goliath of non-OPEC producers -- typically failed to live up to its obligations under previous.”

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