OPEC+ Approves Another Oil Output Hike for July
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OPEC+ member nations approved an increase in oil production quotas of approximately 188,000 barrels per day starting in July, continuing a pattern of monthly increases that began four months earlier. Analysts and outlets widely noted that the increase functions primarily as a policy signal, with geopolitical constraints—particularly the US-Iran conflict and closure of the Strait of Hormuz—preventing several members from actually expanding output and limiting the practical impact on global supply and prices.
OPEC+ this Sunday decided to add another 188,000 barrels of crude to its collective production next month despite the ongoing disruption in the Middle East resulting from the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran.
The group has approved a series of output hikes totaling close to 600,000 barrels daily since April, but this has remained largely on paper as a lot of big producers in the Middle East cannot restore production to pre-war levels due to the continued blockage in the Strait of Hormuz.
The latest 188,000 barrels in daily output would add to…