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OPEC Agreement Will Have To Deal With Investment Deficit, New Hydrocarbons

OPEC has finally agreed to cut production by nearly 1.2 million bpd from January and for 6 months, representing about 4.5% of global output. Now we need to ask two questions: will the cartel countries respect the agreement? What will happen with the recent investment deficit in the sector? Will it still be profitable for the big producers to extract oil?