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The global oil deal that never came to be

It was supposed to be the easiest deal ever reached among key oil market players, a mere formality. Eighteen countries were gathering in the Qatari capital of Doha to rubber-stamp the first joint agreement between major OPEC and non-OPEC nations in 15 years, tackling a huge global glut after flooding the market for two years. Oil prices were rising.

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The global oil deal that never came to be

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Iraq’s southern oil exports running at 3.3 million bpd, unaffected by clashes

Iraq's exports from its southern region have been running at an average daily rate of 3.297 million barrels per day (bpd) so far this month, higher than December's average and unaffected by tribal clashes, an oil company executive said on Saturday.All the fields are running normally, state-run South Oil Co.'s deputy director general Salah Mahdi told Reuters in an interview in Basra. “The security situation is very good, I don't see any impact on our oil operations,” he …

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Iraq’s southern oil exports running at 3.3 million bpd, unaffected by clashes