OPEC Oil Output Slumps Amid Middle East Conflict
OPEC oil output fell in August due to disruptions caused by the war in Iran and a U.S. blockade, according to a Reuters survey.
The survey found that crude output by the 11-member Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries decreased by 640,000 barrels per day month-on-month to 19.71 million bpd.
Seven members of the OPEC+ producer group had agreed to increase production in August, but the Middle East conflict made that impossible.