{"id":99643,"date":"2025-08-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2025\/08\/13\/saudi-arabia-drives-over-half-of-monthly-opec-output-increase\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T00:00:00","slug":"saudi-arabia-drives-over-half-of-monthly-opec-output-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2025\/08\/13\/saudi-arabia-drives-over-half-of-monthly-opec-output-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia drives over half of monthly Opec output increase"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saudi Arabia leads Opec\u2019s July producti<\/strong>on surge: <\/strong>The Kingdom\u2019s oil production grew by 170k bbl \/ d m-o-m to reach 9.5 mn bbl \/ d in July, making up over half of the cartel\u2019s monthly increase, according to Opec\u2019s monthly report (pdf)<\/a>. This builds on a pattern of monthly increases from 9.4 mn bbl \/ d in June and 9.2 mn bbl \/ d in May.<\/p>\n

Opec output and prices on the up: <\/strong>Opec output rose 335k bbl \/ d in July to 41.9 mn bbl \/ d, and Opec output grew 263k bbl \/ d to 27.5 mn bbl \/ d. The Opec Reference Basket rose USD 1.24 m-o-m to USD 70.97 a barrel.<\/p>\n

Behind the numbers:<\/strong> The report continued to use \u201csupply-to-market\u201d figures rather than traditional production data, as it did for June<\/a>, which kept Saudi Arabia\u2019s production within its quota. The change followed a request from the Energy Ministry and stated that the extra oil produced due to geopolitical tensions went into storage and did not reach the market.<\/p>\n

Opec supply growth to be outpaced by non-members:<\/strong> Natural gas liquids and non-conventional liquids from Opec members are expected to grow 0.1 mn bbl \/ d annually, reaching 8.7 mn bbl \/ d in 2025 and 8.8 mn bbl \/ d in 2026. Meanwhile, non-Opec liquids production is forecast to grow 0.8 mn bbl \/ d in 2025, led by the US, Brazil, Canada, and Argentina, with growth easing to 0.6 mn bbl \/ d in 2026. <\/p>\n

Opec held its forecast for global oil demand growth in 2025 steady at 1.3 mn bbl \/ d<\/strong>, with OECD demand rising 100k bbl \/ d and non-OECD demand up 1.2 mn bbl \/ d. The organization raised its projection for 2026, increasing the expected demand growth by 100k bpd to 1.4 mn bpd on stronger economic activity, split between OECD (up 200k bbl \/ d) and non-OECD (up 1.2 mn bbl \/ d).<\/p>\n

Opec+ leaders will meet on 7 <\/strong>September<\/strong> to decide their next steps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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