Platts Market Insight: OPEC+ disregards warnings of looming supply tightness


Mriganka Jaipuriyar

SUFFICIENT spare capacity and more agile market monitoring appears to have given OPEC+ the confidence to take a more gradual approach to boosting oil supplies, despite warnings that it risks over-tightening the market as demand rebounds.

The 23-country alliance said on June 1 that it will follow through on its production increases in June and July, and will re-evaluate the market situation on July 1 before deciding on future policy direction.

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