Little incentive for Saudi Arabia to abandon oil strategy

Last week’s OPEC meeting ended with little change to the cartel’s policy, but rumours suggest that Saudi Arabia is softening its stance on production cuts. While we’re probably at the point where the Kingdom would like to see oil prices rising again soon, we think such a shift in strategy is highly unlikely. 

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