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Russia intends to cut oil output in response to Western price caps

Suez Fury crude oil tanker at the Kozmino terminal in Nakhodka Bay, Russia, 4 December 2022, a day before the oil price cap came into effect. Russia will likely be cutting production in response to the cap. © Tatiana Meel/Reuters

As Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would sign a decree on Russia’s response to Western price caps on oil, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said output could be cut by 5 to 7 percent in early 2023.

Speaking to state television on Friday, Novak said Russia could reduce output by 500,000-700,000 barrels per day in response to price caps introduced by the West in early December over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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