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OPEC+ votes to cut oil production

Oil producing nations have voted to cut supply by 2 million barrels per day, the equivalent of around 2% of global oil demand.

Some of the world's largest oil producers have voted to reduce supply by 2 million barrels day, around 2% of global oil demand. We speak to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Middle East Correspondent Sameer Hashmi about the biggest cut to supplies since 2020.

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An oil extraction beam in Lake Maracaibo, in Maracaibo, Venezuela, 17 August 2022 (Issued 25 August 2022).

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Wed 5 Oct 2022 14:32GMT

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