Saudi energy minister: oil producers have consensus on cooperating after 2018

Reuters

Published Jan 21, 2018 05:46AM ET

Saudi energy minister: oil producers have consensus on cooperating after 2018

MUSCAT (Reuters) - OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers have a consensus that they should continue cooperating on production after the end of 2018, when their current agreement on production cuts expires, Saudi Arabian energy minister Khalid al-Falih said on Sunday.

If oil inventories increase in 2018 as some in the market expect, producers may have to consider rolling the supply cut agreement into 2019, but the exact mechanism for cooperation next year has not yet been decided, Falih said.