Iran Oil Minister Says Market on Right Track After OPEC+ Decisions, Report Says

FILE - A general view of Abadan oil refinery in southwest Iran, is pictured from the Iraqi side of Shatt al-Arab in Al-Faw south of Basra, Iraq, Sept. 21, 2019.

Iran's oil minister Javad Owji said that the oil market is on the right track after decisions made by OPEC+, the semi-official Iranian news agency Tasnim reported on Wednesday.

"Iran and Russia have the same views inside OPEC+," Owji added on the sidelines of an Iranian-Russian conference of economic cooperation held in Tehran.

OPEC and its allies led by Russia, known as OPEC+, agreed to cut production in late 2022 to support the market as the economic outlook worsened, hitting prices.

Then in a surprise move in early April, Saudi Arabia and other OPEC+ members announced further oil output cuts of around 1.2 million barrels per day.