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OPEC strikes deal to raise production next month

By Bloomberg
23 June 2018   |   7:23 am
OPEC and its allies reach a deal to raise oil production starting next month. Bloomberg TV spoke to OPEC ministers including the Saudi Oil Minister Al-Falih on the sidelines of the OPEC seminar in Vienna.

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