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Saudi Arabia and OPEC+ Brace for Impact as Trump Plans New Oil Moves

The new President has long made his dislike well known — privately and/or publicly — of the OPEC organisation, of several Saudi Arabian policies, and of China’s increased influence over both. In Saudi Arabia’s case, this effectively stems from the breaking of the core agreement made between it and the U.S. on 14 February 1945 between the then-U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the then-Saudi King, Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud.

Rystad: OPEC’s Oil Reserves are Much Lower Than Officially Reported

Rystad: global recoverable oil reserves held largely steady at around 1,500 billion barrels.
The largest downward revisions are seen in Saudi Arabia, where development priorities have shifted from offshore capacity expansions to onshore infill drilling.
Rystad puts OPEC oil reserves well below its officially reported oil reserves of 1,125 billion barrels.