{"id":2127,"date":"2022-02-03T09:46:22","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T09:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opec-decides-another-moderate-increase-in-oil-production"},"modified":"2022-02-03T11:32:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T11:32:03","slug":"opec-decides-another-moderate-increase-in-oil-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/opec-decides-another-moderate-increase-in-oil-production","title":{"rendered":"OPEC+ decides another moderate increase in oil production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>The 23 members of the OPEC+ alliance decided this Wednesday to continue to increase production by 400,000 barrels of oil per day in March, despite rising prices and geopolitical tension.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives of the 13 members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and 10 allies, which make up the OPEC+ alliance, decided to &#8220;adjust the total level of production by 400,000 barrels per day during the month of March&#8221;, OPEC announced in a statement after a brief meeting.<\/p>\n<p>This strategy of gradually increasing production has been renewed month by month, since the spring of 2021, after the drastic cuts decided at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, when demand dropped sharply and there was a drop in oil prices.<\/p>\n<p>OPEC+ has never deviated from that line, despite calls made in the autumn by the White House for a more expressive increase in supply to calm the rise in prices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\">Botswana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. The 23 members of the OPEC+ alliance decided this Wednesday to continue to increase production by 400,000 barrels of oil per day in March, despite rising prices and geopolitical tension. 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