(MENAFN- The Peninsula) US crude futures rose by more than $2 and Brent by more than $1 yesterday on the prospect of an Opec production cut as well as on a weakening dollar and news that Libya had curbed output after rockets hit an area near a refinery.
Opec's secretary general said he expected the group to lower its oil output target when it meets in late November, which would be its first formal output cut since the 2008 financial crisis.
Abdullah Al Badri was speaking after meeting Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak yesterday.
Oil dropped below Opec's preferred level of $100 a barrel last week, which also marks the pain threshold for top world oil producer Russia's faltering economy.
Badri was asked if Opec's 30 million barrels per day output target would still be appropriate next year, when Opec forecasts lower demand for its crude due to rising supplies from the United States and other countries outside the group.
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