{"id":17391,"date":"2019-10-29T16:14:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T16:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=17391"},"modified":"2019-10-29T16:14:36","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T16:14:36","slug":"saudis-are-ready-to-cut-oil-output-deeper-nigeria-minister-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/saudis-are-ready-to-cut-oil-output-deeper-nigeria-minister-says","title":{"rendered":"Saudis Are Ready to Cut Oil Output Deeper, Nigeria Minister Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia\u2019s Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz said his country is ready to make deeper cuts in oil output than it agreed to with other global producers, according to Nigerian Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Timipre Sylva.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe assured me that they are very ready to even cut deeper,\u201d Sylva told Bloomberg TV in Riyadh. Sylva said he and Prince Abdulaziz didn\u2019t discuss new output levels when they spoke on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia is leading the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and other top producers like Russia into a collective production cut extending though the end of March. OPEC and its allies are due to meet in December to discuss whether steeper cuts to oil supply will be needed to shore up prices amid a surplus and signs of weaker demand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;With assistance from Giovanni Prati.<\/p>\n<p>To contact the reporters on this story: Nayla Razzouk in Dubai at nrazzouk2@bloomberg.net;Manus Cranny in London at mcranny@bloomberg.net<\/p>\n<p>To contact the editors responsible for this story: Nayla Razzouk at nrazzouk2@bloomberg.net, Bruce Stanley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia\u2019s Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz said his country is ready to make deeper cuts in oil output than it agreed to with other global producers, according to Nigerian Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Timipre Sylva. \u201cHe assured me that they are very ready to even cut deeper,\u201d Sylva told Bloomberg TV in Riyadh. 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