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OPEC, Russia to nudge up oil output after hit from pandemic

by David McHUGH
| December 3, 2020 12:27 PM

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — OPEC and allied countries including Russia agreed Thursday to increase oil production by 500,000 barrels a day from January and said they would meet monthly to decide further output levels, gingerly adding more crude to a global economy still suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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