OPEC Chief Accuses Media of “Misrepresenting” 2026 Oil Outlook

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OPEC does not project an oil supply surplus for 2026, the secretary-general of OPEC, Haitham al Ghais, told CNBC today, slamming the media for covering its Monthly Oil Market Report inaccurately. “There was a misrepresentation by some media about our monthly market report,” al Ghais said, “specifically regarding the messages and a narrative that was being created out of reading some of our numbers. For example, things related to the market being in a surplus next year.” Indeed, as Oilprice reported last week, OPEC said in…