# Surging OPEC+ oil output leaves market with shrinking shock absorbers | Reuters

> OPEC+ agreed to raise production by a further 137,000 bpd in November. That would bring total targeted increases since April to more than 2.7 million bpd. The article describes the group's shrinking capacity to absorb supply shocks.

- Date: 2025-10-05 · published 2025-10-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/22304-surging-opec-oil-output-leaves-market-with-shrinking-shock-absorbers-reuters
- Commodities: [Crude Oil (Brent)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BRENT.md), [Crude Oil (WTI)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WTI.md)

## Why it matters

Less spare capacity means the market has fewer buffers against supply disruptions, but the added barrels still point to weaker prices near term. Price risk is two-sided as surplus pressure competes with reduced buffers.

## Read by commodity

- WTI: bearish ▼
- BRENT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BRENT | 2024-09-26 | [OPEC+ set to go ahead with Dec oil output hike, sources say \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28237-opec-set-to-go-ahead-with-dec-oil-output-hike-sources-say-reuters.md) | -0.1% | +0.5% |
| BRENT | 2025-09-07 | [OPEC+ agrees further oil output boost from October to regain market share \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22768-opec-agrees-further-oil-output-boost-from-october-to-regain-market-share-reuters.md) | +3.4% | +0.2% |
| BRENT | 2025-10-05 | [Oil rises after OPEC+ hikes output less than expected \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22303-oil-rises-after-opec-hikes-output-less-than-expected-reuters.md) | -2.7% | -0.1% |
| BRENT | 2025-06-02 | [Goldman Sachs sees OPEC+ raising oil output by 0.41 mb/d in August \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24129-goldman-sachs-sees-opec-raising-oil-output-by-0-41-mb-d-in-august-reuters.md) | +4.9% | +7.0% |
| BRENT | 2026-04-29 | [EXCLUSIVE: OPEC+ likely to agree another oil output hike without UAE, sources say \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19608-exclusive-opec-likely-to-agree-another-oil-output-hike-without-uae-sources-say.md) | -1.9% | -16.4% |
| WTI | 2024-09-26 | [OPEC+ set to go ahead with Dec oil output hike, sources say \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28237-opec-set-to-go-ahead-with-dec-oil-output-hike-sources-say-reuters.md) | +0.5% | +1.4% |
| WTI | 2025-09-07 | [OPEC+ agrees further oil output boost from October to regain market share \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22768-opec-agrees-further-oil-output-boost-from-october-to-regain-market-share-reuters.md) | +1.3% | -1.1% |
| WTI | 2025-10-05 | [Oil rises after OPEC+ hikes output less than expected \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22303-oil-rises-after-opec-hikes-output-less-than-expected-reuters.md) | -3.1% | +0.2% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/surging-opec-oil-output-leaves-market-with-shrinking-shock-absorbers-2025-10-05/

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