OPEC Holds Production Steady While Ministers Discuss Next Move

  • Group pumped 31.9 million barrels a day in May, survey shows
  • Saudi Arabia, Russia have signaled they will raise supply

A person lays down on the coast in front of an offshore oil platform near Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil.

Photographer: Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg
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OPEC is holding oil production steady even as it debates an increase.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries pumped 31.9 million barrels a day last month, unchanged from revised levels for April, according to a Bloomberg News survey of analysts, oil companies and ship-tracking data. April’s output was the lowest in a year.