<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Grant Smith - Reporter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Grant Smith - Reporter]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AOUaa2Db_Co/grant-smith</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Grant Smith - Reporter</title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AOUaa2Db_Co/grant-smith</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2025 19:04:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AOUaa2Db_Co/grant-smith.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[OPEC+ Agrees in Principle to Increase Production in October]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-06/opec-agrees-in-principle-to-increase-production-in-october</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-06/opec-agrees-in-principle-to-increase-production-in-october</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grant Smith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2025 18:50:01 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iiSXjd6Ki2Ic/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iiSXjd6Ki2Ic/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>An employee walks along transport pipes leading to oil storage tanks at the Juaymah tank farm at Saudi Aramco&apos;s Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. Saudi Aramco aims to become a global refiner and chemical maker, seeking to profit from parts of the oil industry where demand is growing the fastest while also underpinning the kingdom’s economic diversification.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia Wants OPEC+ to Speed Up Next Oil Supply Boost]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-05/saudi-arabia-wants-opec-to-speed-up-next-oil-production-boost</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-05/saudi-arabia-wants-opec-to-speed-up-next-oil-production-boost</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Salma El Wardany]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 12:54:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Would Another OPEC+ Production Surge Really Crash Oil Prices?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia and allies ponder whether to resume a 1.66 million barrel-a-day tranche of halted output.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-09-05/would-another-opec-production-surge-really-crash-oil-prices</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-09-05/would-another-opec-production-surge-really-crash-oil-prices</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grant Smith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 11:34:48 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iwqzHJoNReNI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iwqzHJoNReNI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>An employee looks out across oil pipes used for landing and unloading crude and refined oil at the North Pier Terminal, operated by Saudi Aramco, in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. Saudi Aramcoaims to become a global refiner and chemical maker, seeking to profit from parts of the oil industry where demand is growing the fastest while also underpinning the kingdoms economic diversification. Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[OPEC Oil Output Rose In August Amid Supply Revival, Survey Shows]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-03/opec-oil-output-rose-in-august-amid-supply-revival-survey-shows</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-03/opec-oil-output-rose-in-august-amid-supply-revival-survey-shows</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grant Smith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 12:30:07 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iHHfsGRPVUDY/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iHHfsGRPVUDY/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oil Drops on Report OPEC+ Will Consider Fresh Production Boost]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-02/latest-oil-market-news-and-analysis-for-september-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-02/latest-oil-market-news-and-analysis-for-september-3</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Longley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 23:37:19 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iHHfsGRPVUDY/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iHHfsGRPVUDY/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oil Traders Expect OPEC+ to Hold Oil Output Flat at Weekend Meeting]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-01/oil-traders-expect-opec-to-hold-oil-output-flat-at-weekend-meeting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-01/oil-traders-expect-opec-to-hold-oil-output-flat-at-weekend-meeting</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grant Smith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 13:17:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oil Rises Amid Large Inventory Drawdown, Russia-Ukraine Talks]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-19/latest-oil-market-news-and-analysis-for-august-20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-19/latest-oil-market-news-and-analysis-for-august-20</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Charleston]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 23:33:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s Diplomacy Efforts Are Putting Oil Traders on Alert Again]]></title><description><![CDATA[The ‘headline risk’ will persist in crude markets while the US pushes for an end to the Russia-Ukraine war.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-19/trump-s-diplomacy-efforts-with-russia-and-ukraine-put-oil-traders-on-alert-again</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-19/trump-s-diplomacy-efforts-with-russia-and-ukraine-put-oil-traders-on-alert-again</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grant Smith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 11:39:17 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iZOOjnviZhGo/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iZOOjnviZhGo/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine&apos;s president, left, and US President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. US President Donald Trump said he hoped to secure an agreement for a trilateral meeting with Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as he welcomed the Ukrainian leader to the White House for high-stakes talks on bringing an end to Russia&apos;s war on Ukraine. Photographer: Aaron Schwartz/CNP</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[OPEC+ Reshaped the Calculus for Oil Markets and Spawned a Record Glut]]></title><description><![CDATA[The International Energy Agency forecasts a surplus approaching 3 million barrels a day by next year.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-13/opec-reshaped-the-calculus-for-oil-markets-and-spawned-a-record-glut</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-13/opec-reshaped-the-calculus-for-oil-markets-and-spawned-a-record-glut</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grant Smith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 11:41:51 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i5MrWnvF66AA/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i5MrWnvF66AA/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Employees of Saudi Aramco at the Khurais Processing Department in the Khurais oil field in Khurais, Saudi Arabia, on Monday, June 28, 2021. The Khurais oil field was built as a fully connected and intelligent field, with thousands of sensors covering oil wells spread over 150km x 40km in order to increase the efficiency of the plant and reduce emississions, according to a Saudi Aramco statement released to the media. Photographer: Maya Sidiqqui/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Global Oil Markets Face Record Supply Glut Next Year, IEA Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-13/global-oil-markets-face-record-supply-glut-next-year-iea-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-13/global-oil-markets-face-record-supply-glut-next-year-iea-says</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grant Smith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[OPEC Sees Tighter Oil Outlook Next Year as Demand Accelerates]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-12/opec-sees-tighter-oil-outlook-next-year-as-demand-accelerates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-12/opec-sees-tighter-oil-outlook-next-year-as-demand-accelerates</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grant Smith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iTLNE8Kj366s/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iTLNE8Kj366s/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Tthe Paraguana Refinery Complex in Venezuela, on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oil Falls With Traders Awaiting Possible Trump-Putin Meeting]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-06/latest-oil-market-news-and-analysis-for-aug-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-06/latest-oil-market-news-and-analysis-for-aug-7</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grant Smith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 23:34:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[BP Says Oil Supply Growth Outside OPEC to Stall Next Year]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-05/non-opec-oil-supply-growth-to-peak-in-early-2026-bp-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-05/non-opec-oil-supply-growth-to-peak-in-early-2026-bp-says</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Graham]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 08:12:25 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ieCIFViS0ML8/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ieCIFViS0ML8/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[OPEC Output Steady as Saudi Curbs Offset UAE Gain, Survey Shows]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-04/opec-output-steady-as-saudi-curbs-offset-uae-gain-survey-shows</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-04/opec-output-steady-as-saudi-curbs-offset-uae-gain-survey-shows</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grant Smith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 13:23:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[OPEC+ Supply Finale Teases a New Mystery for Oil Markets]]></title><description><![CDATA[The group signaled it could extend, pause or reverse its recent output surge.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-04/opec-supply-finale-teases-a-new-mystery-for-oil-markets-next-month</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-04/opec-supply-finale-teases-a-new-mystery-for-oil-markets-next-month</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grant Smith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 11:51:39 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iNpRYPBX27yM/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iNpRYPBX27yM/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>An employee inspects pipeline pressure gauges at the North Pier terminal in Saudi Aramco&apos;s Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. Saudi Aramco aims to become a global refiner and chemical maker, seeking to profit from parts of the oil industry where demand is growing the fastest while also underpinning the kingdom’s economic diversification.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[OPEC+ Signals Next Move Is Undecided as Tumultuous Chapter Ends]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-03/opec-leaves-traders-with-cliffhanger-as-tumultuous-chapter-ends</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-03/opec-leaves-traders-with-cliffhanger-as-tumultuous-chapter-ends</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grant Smith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 18:04:09 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ilUXMbFzpMWY/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ilUXMbFzpMWY/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[OPEC+ Agrees to Big Output Hike as Focus Shifts to Its Next Move]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-03/opec-agrees-big-output-hike-to-finish-unwinding-round-of-cuts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-03/opec-agrees-big-output-hike-to-finish-unwinding-round-of-cuts</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grant Smith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 11:20:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[OPEC+ Agrees in Principle to Another Bumper Supply Increase]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-02/opec-agrees-in-principle-to-548k-b-d-hike-in-sept-delegate</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-02/opec-agrees-in-principle-to-548k-b-d-hike-in-sept-delegate</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grant Smith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2025 16:09:37 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQ6WC8TwqzaU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQ6WC8TwqzaU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>An employee looks out across oil pipes used for landing and unloading crude and refined oil at the North Pier Terminal, operated by Saudi Aramco, in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. Saudi Aramco aims to become a global refiner and chemical maker, seeking to profit from parts of the oil industry where demand is growing the fastest while also underpinning the kingdom’s economic diversification.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[OPEC+ Is Approaching Another Crossroads in the Oil Market]]></title><description><![CDATA[If the Saudi-led cartel approves an output increase this weekend, it must then decide whether to take that to the next level.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-01/opec-will-reach-another-crossroads-in-the-oil-market-after-production-hike</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-01/opec-will-reach-another-crossroads-in-the-oil-market-after-production-hike</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grant Smith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:30:07 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihDE0MbqLOvc/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihDE0MbqLOvc/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>An employee looks out over oil transport pipelines on the Arabian Sea in Saudi Aramco&apos;s Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. Saudi Arabia is seeking to transform its crude-dependent economy by developing new industries, and is pushing into petrochemicals as a way to earn more from its energy deposits. Photographer: Simon Dawson</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[OPEC+ Push for Market Share Strengthens as Rivals Lose Momentum]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-30/opec-long-game-for-oil-market-share-strengthens-as-rivals-slow</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-30/opec-long-game-for-oil-market-share-strengthens-as-rivals-slow</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grant Smith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2025 12:02:15 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>