OPEC+ Boosts Output in July and Keeps Market Guessing Beyond
- Saudi minister sounds bullish note on demand recovery
- After July, the picture is clouded by Iran, virus uncertainty
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OPEC+ stuck to its plan to hike oil output in July, but Saudi Arabia’s energy minister kept the market guessing as to whether the group will add more supply later this year to keep pace with the accelerating global recovery.
“The demand picture has shown clear signs of improvement,” Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said, in some of his most upbeat comments since the crash last year. But pressed on whether more supply increases will be needed, he said: “I will believe it when I see it.”