OPEC agrees on how to monitor production, but Saudis say compliance has been so strong that production cuts might not be needed after May

On Sunday January 22 OPEC and non-OPEC producers including Russia announced what looks like a credible mechanism for monitoring the production cuts that these nations agreed in December. And Saudi Arabia’s oil minister said that with better than expected compliance so far, there might not be any need to extend the production cuts beyond their May expiration. That would leave about two-thirds of the current supply glut in place.