Saudi Arabia's Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud and OPEC Secretary-General Haitham al-Ghais shake hands at the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on October 5, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Cairo: The secretary general of the Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) said on Saturday that the Opec+ decision to cut its oil production target is correct, and was taken at the right time.
The decision took into account the uncertainty surrounding the performance of the global economy, and was in line with the successful approach taken by Opec+ in taking proactive steps to avoid any oil market imbalances, especially on the demand and supply sides, OAPEC secretary general Ali bin Sabt added in a statement.
OAPEC comprises Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates.
The 13-member Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) and its allies, which include Russia, lowered their production target by 2 million barrels per day when they met on October 5.
The move came even though fuel markets remain tight, with inventories in major economies at lower levels than when Opec has cut output in the past.
