Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, increased its prices for Asian buyers despite crude prices falling on Monday after producer group OPEC+ over the weekend agreed another accelerated boost to output.

State oil company Saudi Aramco raised the June official selling price for its flagship Arab Light crude by $0.20 to $1.40 a barrel above the average of Oman and Dubai prices, a pricing document from the producer showed.

The price increase follows two months of consecutive decreases and comes despite downward pressure on crude prices amid concerns about more supply coming into a market clouded by an uncertain demand outlook.

Members of OPEC+, which groups the de facto Saudi-led Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries with allies including Russia, agreed on Saturday to accelerate oil production hikes for a second consecutive month, raising output in June by 411,000 barrels per day (bpd).

That will take the combined hikes from the eight OPEC+ producers for April, May and June to a total of 960,000 bpd, representing a 44% unwinding of the 2.2 million bpd of voluntary cuts the group had in December agreed to phase out by September 2026.
Source: Reuters