The Saudi-owned Al Hayat newspaper said Riyad intends to raise oil
production to 10 million barrels per day in July. Al Hayat, owned by
the Saudi royal family, said oil output would rise from the current 8.8
million barrels per day achieved in May.
The June 10 report was published in wake of the failure by OPEC to raise
oil production.
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The meeting in Vienna was said to have been acrimonious,
with Algeria, Iran and Venezuela in opposition to a production increase.
Industry sources confirmed the Al Hayat report and said Saudi Arabia has
won agreement from its Gulf Cooperation Council allies to increase oil
production.
The sources cited Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, the
largest oil producers after Riyad in the GCC.