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• "It is very likely to advance to February the OPEC meeting, initially scheduled for the beginning of March, so that we can find the means to ensure market balance," Algeria’s energy minister Mohamed Arkab said on Wednesday, according to state news agency APS.
• On Monday, the cartel was said to be discussing an extension of the current production cut agreement, and that all options were on the table. At the same time, however, both Saudi Arabia and the UAE tried to downplay what it referred to as a “market over-reaction” to the possibility that the virus could dent oil demand in the world’s largest oil importer, China.
• “It is important that we do not exaggerate projections related to future decreases in oil demand due to events in China, and the market does not over-react based on psychological factors, driven by some traders in the market,” the UAE’s energy minister Suhail al-Mazrouei said on Monday.
• The decision about moving the meeting up will be made “in the coming days” Arkab said.

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