OPEC

Despite being an OPEC non-member, Russia has worked alongside 14 oil exporting countries

Iraq -the second largest producer within OPEC after Saudi Arabia -has already called for help from investors worldwide

Chinese state oil companies are also willing to become cornerstone investors in the Aramco IPO, reports suggest

Faleh said oil producers have not yet achieved their target of reducing world stocks to normal levels

Crude production of 9.9m bpd in US is now at highest level in nearly 50 years

Shale firms are adding rigs in response to a big increase in spot prices

24 oil producing countries agreed in late 2016 to reduce output by around 1.8 million barrels per day

The visit comes a month before members of the OPEC oil cartel are to meet with the other nations that have joined them

Opec and other non-Opec producers due to meet in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg on Monday

The initiative has prompted a recovery in global oil prices

Aim is to reduce global oil glut that has depressed prices

OPEC cartel agreed to reduce production to boost prices in November last year

The IEA says in 2017 we still expect the rate of growth for global demand to fall back to 1.3 mbd

1.1% figure for the 19-country single currency area nearly doubled from last month

IPO for state-owned company could take place in 2018

Iraq is OPEC's second-biggest producer behind Saudi Arabia ranking third among crude suppliers to China

Russia and 10 other non-OPEC states will reduce their production by more than half a million barrels per day

OPEC agrees on oil supply cut for first time since 2008

Non-Opec countries will join output cuts for the first time in 15 years to help the organisation prop up oil prices

"For us to freeze production is no effort at all," Putin said

After losing 524 points in the preceding week, showed fresh gains in index-heavy sectors

It would be the first deal since 2008 to limit oil output

OPEC official calls for ‘maximum commitment’ in controlling supply glut

We are optimistic that oil prices will continue to improve in future, says Saudi Oil Minister Khalid al Falih

Sheikh Malek Humoud Al-Sabah was among 71 hopefuls who filed to stand for election

Oil prices were further propelled by remarks from Saudi Energy Minister predicting oil prices could rise further

Energy agency says relief will come if OPEC producers cut output

Core inflation goes up 4.8%, the highest level in one and a half year

The producing group will agree concrete levels of production by each country at its next formal meeting

Leaders from OPEC countries to be present at the 120-nation bloc’s meeting in Algeria

Statements counter to views that cast doubt on need for any production freeze

Many of the oil giants have been content with their status as pure resource-based economies

OPEC meets next week amid rising political tensions between arch-rivals Iran and oil superpower Saudi Arabia

Zanganeh addS that Iran's oil production has increased by 1 million barrel per day

Stocks fall around the world as the price of crude declines

Prices resume their decline after the Kuwait Oil Workers Union end their mass action

Ardebelli 'We support cooperation between OPEC and non-OPEC member countries'

Unions have not said how long the walkout will last

Major producers both inside and outside the OPEC anxious to stem a market nosedive that has cost exporters billions

Ecuador's Hydrocarbons Minister says his country supports a draft agreement that would freeze output

Saudi Arabia says it wants all members to participate, despite insisting earlier on excluding Iran

The strike comes as world oil producers gather in Qatar to negotiate an output freeze to boost prices.

Mohamed bin Salman reiterated that the kingdom will not freeze output unless the Islamic republic did so

Analysts say prices are expected to see-saw ahead of Sunday's meeting

His comment appeared to further threaten the prospect of an effective agreement at the meeting

The fall in oil prices has benefited the country in reducing its trade and current account deficits

The group has struggled with crude values that have tumbled some 60 percent since mid-2014

Opec is finding that intensifying battle for market share is driving it further apart

13-member body puts off reassessment till June next year

OPEC is widely expected to stick to its policies of defending market share by driving rival producers out of market