More than a month after shocking the market by saying that Russia was ready to join OPEC's efforts to
reduce global oil supply, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that his country was ready to freeze production at «today's level», injecting more optimism that OPEC and non-OPEC producers might really pull off a deal.
Crude oil prices have jumped to almost one - year high's on Monday in a shocking turn of events as Russian President Vladimir Putin disclosed that Russia was ready to join the cartel's efforts to
reduce global oil supply.
Not exact matches
Back in 2014 and again in 2016, OPEC producers curtailed output and
reduced the
global supply overhang that had depressed
oil prices.
Protests in Libya and
oil theft in Nigeria have
reduced global supply and violence in Iraq has led to concerns that
oil production may be cut from the country in the future.
An IEA collective action would be initiated in response to a significant
global oil supply disruption and would involve IEA Member Countries making additional volumes of crude and / or product available to the
global market (either through increasing
supply or
reducing demand), with each country's share based on national consumption as part of the IEA total
oil consumption.
The European Biodiesel Board says that biodiesel
reduces greenhouse gasses by 50 to 95 percent compared to conventional fuel, and has other advantages as well, like providing new income for farmers and energy security for Europe in the face of rising
global oil prices and shrinking
supply.