MOSCOW, October 13. /TASS/. Seven OPEC+ countries voluntarily reducing oil production lifted 26.123 million barrels per day (bpd) in September 2026, which is 977,000 bpd more than in August, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) reported.

According to the agreement, the seven countries were to increase oil production by 188,000 bpd in September compared to August on account of increasing quotas. The OPEC+ countries also extended the possibility to compensate earlier surplus oil production by the end of this year but no updated scheduled has been released.

Oil production increase among the seven OPEC+ countries was the highest for Saudi Arabia, by 744,000 bpd to 8.001 mln bpd. Iraq scaled up production by 386,000 bpd to 3.92 mln bpd. Oil production in Kazakhstan had an uptick by 22,000 bpd to 1.851 mln bpd.