OPEC Reaches A Deal On Oil Production

Wall Street Journal: OPEC Reaches Deal to Cut Oil Production

Cartel representatives agree to cut output by 1.2 million barrels a day

VIENNA—OPEC representatives reached a landmark deal Wednesday to reduce crude oil output, giving oil an immediate price boost after months of wrangling between OPEC members and market uncertainty about the ability of the once-mighty cartel to agree.

Almost exactly two years after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries group made a historic decision to avoid cutting output and allow prices to fall, the group said Wednesday that it agreed to cut production by 1.2 million barrels a day from the current 33.6 million barrels. It also said it expects producers from outside the cartel to join with additional cuts totaling 600,000 barrels a day.

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