The 20th Meeting of the Joint Opec-Non-Opec Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) took place via videoconference in mid-July, under the Chairmanship of Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Salman and co-chair Alexander Novak, Russian Minister of Energy.
The committee reviewed the monthly report prepared by its Joint Technical Committee (JTC) and developments in the global oil market since its last meeting in June. It also considered market prospects for the second half of 2020.
It reviewed the crude oil production data for the month of June 2020 and welcomed the significant performance in the overall conformity level for participating Opec and non-Opec countries at 107 per cent in June 2020, an achievement that found wide recognition in the market.
It reiterated its appreciation of additional voluntary contributions made by Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Kuwait in the month of June 2020.
The committee reiterated the importance of the ‘Declaration of Cooperation’ (DoC) in supporting oil market stability. It recalled the historic decision taken by all Participating Countries in the DoC at the 10th (Extraordinary) Opec and non-Opec Ministerial Meeting on April 12 to adjust downwards overall crude oil production, and the unanimous decisions taken at the 179th Meeting of the OPEC Conference and the 11th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting on June 6.
The outcomes of the June Meetings extended the first phase of the production adjustments until 31 July 2020; provided a compensation mechanism in respect of the months July, August and September for participating countries that were not able to achieve full conformity in May and June; and endorsed monthly meetings of both the JMMC and the JTC to strengthen monitoring and to help provide a clearer understanding of market fundamentals.
The committee reviewed and reaffirmed the commitment of all Participating Countries to achieve full conformity and make up for any shortfall under compensation plans presented to the Committee.
The committee stressed that achieving 100 per cent conformity from all participating countries is not only fair, but vital for the ongoing rebalancing efforts and to help deliver long term oil market stability.
The Committee noted that removing the credit for over-conformity results in a conformity level of 95% in June 2020, the highest since the inception of the DoC in January 2017.
It requested the JTC and the OPEC Secretariat to closely monitor and report to the JMMC the implementation of the required compensation by the underperforming participating countries.
It also requested underperforming participating countries to submit their plan for implementation of the required compensation for the month June 2020 to the OPEC Secretariat by the end of July 2020.
The Committee welcomed the participation of Angola, Gabon, South Sudan and Congo, and noted that they had reiterated their commitment to the DoC production adjustments and compensation plans.
