Oil producers to discuss exit plans from cuts once market near balance: Russia

[December 23, 2017]  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Oil producers will discuss exit strategy for their deal on cutting output once the market moves closer towards being balanced, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said in remarks published on Saturday.

A general view shows the Taneco refinery complex, which is part of Russia's oil producer Tatneft group of companies, in Nizhnekamsk, in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, July 26, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

"We will talk about it as we get closer to the market rebalancing," Novak was quoted as saying by Russia's Interfax news agency. RIA news agency carried similar comments. Novak had said in an interview with Reuters this week that detailed talks on an exit strategy would only start when the markets approached balance. (Reporting by Andrey Ostroukh; Editing by Edmund Blair) [© 2017 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved.] Copyright 2017 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.