Dec 05, 2019 18:46
Preparing for the Aramco’s Initial Public Offering (IPO) in the past year, Saudi Arabia turned a blind eye to the OPEC+ group members’ violations from the agreed production levels by major producers like Russia and Iraq and shouldered the burden by cutting its own output more than agreed to offset the over-production. However, new signals are emerging which indicate that the kingdom is no longer willing to undermine its production for the sake of higher oil prices.