OPEC comments in its monthly report

  • Sees widening excess supply in oil market next year
  • Non-OPEC supply set to rise faster than world demand
  • 2019 global oil demand growth to slow to 1.29 mil bpd, down 70k bpd from prior f/c

This will only add to the rhetoric that they will be looking to cut production next year. From the cover, this looks like a prelude to the meeting in Vienna next month and basically sends the message that they will be looking towards cutting production heading into 2019.