Saudis Take Iran’s Oil-Market Share, Keeping OPEC Supply Steady – Bloomberg – – John Jason Fallows

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Saudis Take Iran’s Oil-Market Share, Keeping OPEC Supply Steady – Bloomberg – Saudis Take Iran’s Oil-Market Share, Keeping OPEC Supply Steady  Bloomberg

Saudi Arabia ramped up oil production last month by the most this year, largely filling the gap created by tougher U.S. sanctions on its political rival, Iran. Iranian output plunged in May to the lowest since 1990 as the Trump administration threatened penalties for anyone trading with the Islamic Republic, according to a Bloomberg survey of officials, analysts and ship-tracking data. Nonetheless, the production boost by Riyadh, along with increases in fellow OPEC members Libya and Iraq, meant that overall output from the group remained unchanged in May from the previous month. OPEC pumps …

– June 3, 2019 at 08:10AM

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