Iraq’s Compensation Cuts Could Nearly Offset Production Hike By OPEC+

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Three days ago, the eight members of OPEC+ agreed to increase oil output from October by 137,000 barrels per day, a much lower clip compared to the 555,000 bpd increase announced for August and September and 411,000 bpd in June and July. The Sunday announcement means that the group has started unwinding the second tranche of 1.65 million bpd in production cuts more than a year ahead of schedule, having fully unwound the first tranche of 2.5 million bpd since April. Oil markets have reacted positively to the smaller-than-expected production increases,…