African OPEC oil setbacks help prop up prices

LONDON: Violence, unrest and investment hurdles are making African producers in OPEC its weakest supply link, helping prop up oil prices to the benefit of the group's strongmen led by Saudi Arabia.

OPEC to Boost Supply for Final Winter Demand, Oil Movements Says

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will increase crude shipments this month to meet the final phase of peak winter demand in the northern hemisphere, according to tanker tracker Oil Movements.

Will Opec raise supplies? What the oil nations and analysts are saying

The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec), which pumps more than a third of the world's oil, is due to meet in Vienna on June 8 to discuss output and its response to a sharp rise in oil prices that could be a drag on economic growth. Here's what oil nations and analysts are perdicting: