Saudi Arabia is considering a break from its four-year oil-production alliance with Russia, according to people familiar with the matter, as China’s coronavirus outbreak contributes to a drop in global oil demand.
The Saudi kingdom, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates—which collectively represent over half of OPEC’s production capacity—are holding talks this week to discuss a possible joint output cut of as much as 300,000 barrels a day, said the people.
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