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As Demand For Oil Dries Up, OPEC And Allies Agree To Historic Cuts In Output

Marathon video chats led to a record-setting 9.7 million barrels per day in cuts. But analysts say that's not a big enough drop to balance oil markets, given the total collapse in demand for crude.
An Austrian army member stands in front of OPEC's headquarters in Vienna on Thursday.

Saudi Arabia and Russia reached agreement with other oil-producing nations on Sunday to cut output by 9.7 million barrels per day for the next two months, in an effort to stem a plunge in oil prices brought on by the coronavirus pandemic and feuding between Moscow and Riyadh.

OPEC+, a group that includes OPEC members as well as allied non-members like Russia and Mexico, finalized the

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