Saudi Arabia Reduces Crude Supplies
February 28, 2020
Saudi Arabia is reducing its crude supplies to China in March by at least 500,000 bpd due to slower refinery demand following the coronavirus outbreak. China normally imports 1.8 million bpd to 2 million bpd of Saudi crude.
Saudi Arabia is asking for the OPEC+ group to cut an additional 1.0 million bpd at its March 5th and 6th meeting. Russia is still undecided on if their will participate in addition production cuts as part of the OPEC+ group
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