Dateline 2018-12-04, The Star:
Malaysia will seek to decrease oil production in order to stabilise global oil prices, says Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali (pic).
“Even though we are not a member of Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec), it needs the support of small producers like Malaysia to help stabilise the price of petroleum,” the Economic Affairs Minister said.
Malaysia will take part in the Opec discussion in Vienna today.
Member and non-member countries are set to reach an accord over possible output cuts to address falling crude oil prices.
At present, Brent crude oil prices stand at US$62.34 (RM260) per barrel, compared to US$70 (RM292) a barrel when Budget 2019 was tabled on Nov 2.
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