RE: Premier Dry Well Makes SP 15% Up7 Apr 2020 13:15
“I’ve read reports that Thursday might not be the final day of the decision and that talks can keep going until Friday or may be even early next week.”
No. I disagree. The OPEC talks are in progress now. All noises I’m reading indicate KSA and Russia are coming to agreement. This will be finalized in a virtual meeting with other opec members on Thursday.
It was incumbent on USA agreeing to cuts also but USA can’t be seen to be making deals with opec as it’s an illegal cartel.
Trump has organized another virtual meeting for Friday which is a meeting of the G20 oil producing nations: USA, Canada, Norway, France, Germany, maybe UK and who knows who else. After Opec agreement the other nations will also agree to cuts and it will be done and announced. This way the USA and others say their deal is a G20 agreement to address the Covid 19 drop in demand problem and is not an illegal cartel stitch up with Opec.
That is mostly fact gleaned from news reports and some of my own opinion regarding the motivations but in my opinion that is why it’s not as simple as just a Thursday meeting but it is not the case that the opec meeting is complex and will drag on. I’m not reading that. There’s more players involved, that’s why. More players = bigger cuts. DYOR.