Oil price jumps on Russia-Saudi stabilization plans

Oil price jumps on Russia-Saudi stabilization plans
September 6, 2016 - 10:36 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - The price of oil jumped after Russia and Saudi Arabia agreed to discuss ways to stabilise the oil market, BBC News reports.

The announcement was made by the countries' energy ministers, Alexander Novak and Khalid al-Falih.

The price of Brent crude initially jumped by 5% but then fell to to stand 1.6% higher at $47.56 a barrel.

A statement said the plan was to support the "stability of the oil market ... ensuring a stable level of investment in the long term".

At the start of 2016 the price of oil fell to its lowest level in nearly 13 years due to a production glut and is still far below the $110 a barrel price hit just two years ago.

Novak said the agreement, which might include attempts to limit oil output, was a "historical moment" between members of Opec, the oil producers' cartel, and non-members such as Russia.

He added that Russia was willing to join an oil output "freeze".

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