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White House calls on OPEC+ to increase oil supply

05 November 2021 07:28 (UTC +04:00)

The US authorities do not increase the volume of oil production in the country, since the relevant decisions are made by individual companies, Washington calls on OPEC + to expand supplies, White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told a briefing on Thursday, APA reports citing TASS.

"The US operates on a competitive market system and individual companies make their own decisions. OPEC+ is the collection of countries that set supply levels themselves. They have the capacity and the power now to act and make sure this critical moment of global recovery is not impaired," she said.

"To be clear OPEC+ production is what impacts global oil prices, which is what has an affect on gas prices at home [in the US]," she added.