OPEC pauses 2026 output hikes amid historic oil glut fears

Nov 3, 2025 - 13:00
OPEC pauses 2026 output hikes amid historic oil glut fears

OPEC officials announce production pause as oil markets face historic surplus in 2026 In a carefully choreographed maneuver aimed at forestalling an unprecedented oil glut, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies announced on Sunday a strategic pause in production increases for the first quarter of 2026, signaling growing anxiety within the cartel about the fundamental imbalance between global supply and demand that threatens to […]