Earlier this week, Ecuador’s Oil Minister Carlos Perez announced that the country would no longer abide by its commitment to the Vienna Accord. That’s the OPEC-Russia deal to cut oil production and boost prices. Now, pundits have been quick to misinterpret that as the first splintering of OPEC on its oil price regimen. Actually, it may indicate far less than meets the eye. Now, the Vienna Accord took effect in January. Despite some questions about the equation between production on the one hand and exports on the other that agreement had held. It initially supported higher prices. Read more>>
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