Russian crude oil gained 33.5% in value from the previous year, selling at an average of $70.9 per barrel in the period between January and November 2018. The increase stemmed from, among other things, a cooperative agreement to limit oil production, known as OPEC+. Global oil prices dropped...

Amid low crude oil prices resulting from the excessive supply over demand, oil production at high-cost deposits began falling, drastically decreased investments in the development of non-traditional deposits including shale oil in US. However, falling oil production at the high-cost deposits is...

The oil output cut agreement between some OPEC and non-OPEC countries, including Russia, pushed global crude oil prices to USD 50–55 a barrel in the first few months of 2017. The oil output boost in the United States and in some other countries has become an increasingly greater challenge...

Despite the adherence to the commitments according to the OPEC+ deal on the joint efforts to cut production, during Russia's three-year participation in the deal as a whole the annual crude oil production in the country increased by 2.4% on the back of stabilized world crude oil prices. Collapse...

OPEC+ agreements aimed at cutting oil production have became a significant factor affecting world oil prices. Implementation of these agreements led to the rise of global oil prices to $60-70 per barrel. In early July OPEC+ decided to extend current restrictions on oil production for another...

Implementation of OPEC+ oil output cut agreements has led to stabilization of the world oil prices in the $60-70 per barrel range. In H2 2019, the oil prices pushed closer to the lower bound of this range. In December 2019, members of OPEC+ decided to cut further the oil production from January...

Global crude oil prices surged in 2017 on the back of the production-cut agreement between OPEC and a group of non-members including Russia. In January–November 2017, Russian crude oil was traded at an average of $52/bbl in the global market, adding $10 to the previous year's price. In late...

Global oil marker is characterized by low oil prices resulting from an excessive supply over demand. Under the effect of low prices oil production on cost-intensive oilfields began falling, drastically decreased investments in the development of unconventional petroleum deposits including shale...