# Saudi Arabia and Russia end their oil-price war with output cut agreement

> Saudi Arabia and Russia ended their oil price war by agreeing to cut output together with OPEC+ allies, with about 10 million bpd to be cut in May and June. Brent traded down 2.3% at $32.10 after erasing earlier gains, and the cut covers only a fraction of an estimated 35 million bpd demand loss.

- Date: 2020-04-09 · published 2020-04-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Global · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53548-saudi-arabia-and-russia-end-their-oil-price-war-with-output-cut-agreement
- Commodities: [Crude Oil (Brent)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BRENT.md), [Crude Oil (WTI)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WTI.md)

## Why it matters

The deal removes the threat of further price collapse, but Brent's failure to hold gains shows that demand destruction limits how much energy prices can recover, keeping biofuel-linked feed input values weak.

## Read by commodity

- WTI: bullish ▲
- BRENT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BRENT | 2020-04-12 | [Record deal to cut oil output ends price war - BBC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53543-record-deal-to-cut-oil-output-ends-price-war-bbc-news.md) | -6.7% | +8.6% |
| BRENT | 2023-02-10 | [Russia announces cut to oil output over Western price caps \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37493-russia-announces-cut-to-oil-output-over-western-price-caps-ap-news.md) | +0.6% | -3.2% |
| BRENT | 2020-05-11 | [Saudi Arabia deepens oil cuts as weak demand weighs on prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53030-saudi-arabia-deepens-oil-cuts-as-weak-demand-weighs-on-prices.md) | +15.8% | +46.8% |
| BRENT | 2022-12-23 | [Oil rises $3/bbl after Russia signals output cut due to price cap](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38393-oil-rises-3-bbl-after-russia-signals-output-cut-due-to-price-cap.md) | +5.1% | +9.5% |
| BRENT | 2020-04-02 | [Oil rallies as Trump talks up truce hopes for Saudi-Russia price war](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5490-oil-rallies-as-trump-talks-up-truce-hopes-for-saudi-russia-price-war.md) | +49.5% | +11.2% |
| WTI | 2020-04-12 | [Record deal to cut oil output ends price war - BBC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53543-record-deal-to-cut-oil-output-ends-price-war-bbc-news.md) | -19.9% | +5.3% |
| WTI | 2023-02-10 | [Russia announces cut to oil output over Western price caps \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37493-russia-announces-cut-to-oil-output-over-western-price-caps-ap-news.md) | +0.5% | -1.9% |
| WTI | 2020-05-11 | [Saudi Arabia deepens oil cuts as weak demand weighs on prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53030-saudi-arabia-deepens-oil-cuts-as-weak-demand-weighs-on-prices.md) | +19.0% | +54.4% |

## Sources

- worldoil.com: https://www.worldoil.com/news/2020/4/9/saudi-arabia-and-russia-end-their-oil-price-war-with-output-cut-agreement

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