# Saudi Arabia deepens oil cuts as weak demand weighs on prices

> Saudi Arabia announced an additional 1 million bpd cut on top of earlier announced reductions, following a call between President Trump and King Salman. The move responds to weak demand pressuring prices.

- Date: 2020-05-11 · published 2020-05-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53030-saudi-arabia-deepens-oil-cuts-as-weak-demand-weighs-on-prices
- Commodities: [Crude Oil (WTI)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WTI.md), [Crude Oil (Brent)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BRENT.md)

## Why it matters

Additional Saudi supply removal tightens crude markets, supporting energy and diesel costs that feed into agricultural logistics and input prices.

## Read by commodity

- WTI: bullish ▲
- BRENT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WTI | 2026-10-11 | [Oil Prices Jump 2% on Saudi Attacks as OPEC Sees Demand Rebound](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17243-oil-prices-jump-2-on-saudi-attacks-as-opec-sees-demand-rebound.md) | +7.5% | +4.9% |
| WTI | 2022-10-08 | [Why Did Saudi Arabia Defy Biden to Keep Oil Prices High - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39060-why-did-saudi-arabia-defy-biden-to-keep-oil-prices-high-bloomberg.md) | -7.5% | -0.4% |
| WTI | 2019-10-01 | [Saudi Arabia crude oil production outage affects global crude oil and gasoline prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57236-saudi-arabia-crude-oil-production-outage-affects-global-crude-oil-and-gasoline.md) | -2.5% | +2.9% |
| WTI | 2020-04-09 | [Saudi Arabia and Russia end their oil-price war with output cut agreement](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53548-saudi-arabia-and-russia-end-their-oil-price-war-with-output-cut-agreement.md) | -20.7% | -1.1% |
| WTI | 2022-08-29 | [Oil prices climb on OPEC supply cut prospect, rise in demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40197-oil-prices-climb-on-opec-supply-cut-prospect-rise-in-demand.md) | -6.7% | -17.6% |
| BRENT | 2026-10-11 | [Oil Prices Jump 2% on Saudi Attacks as OPEC Sees Demand Rebound](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17243-oil-prices-jump-2-on-saudi-attacks-as-opec-sees-demand-rebound.md) | +1.0% | -2.7% |
| BRENT | 2022-10-08 | [Why Did Saudi Arabia Defy Biden to Keep Oil Prices High - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39060-why-did-saudi-arabia-defy-biden-to-keep-oil-prices-high-bloomberg.md) | -6.6% | +0.7% |
| BRENT | 2019-10-01 | [Saudi Arabia crude oil production outage affects global crude oil and gasoline prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57236-saudi-arabia-crude-oil-production-outage-affects-global-crude-oil-and-gasoline.md) | -3.3% | +0.2% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/markets/currencies/saudi-arabia-deepens-oil-cuts-as-weak-demand-weighs-on-prices-idUSKBN22N206/

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