OPEC+ Repeats Call for Quota Discipline Before Supply Decision
The Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee noted that some countries didn't stick to their output targets, and instructed them to update plans for making extra cutbacks as compensation, according to a statement on OPEC's website.
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