Economic recovery may slip on OPEC deadlock

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As fuel price reforms hang fire, Centre’s move to diversify sourcing of oil could provide some cushion against future crude shocks

Economic recovery may slip on OPEC deadlock

Source: Reuters

There seems to be little escape for India from the fuel fury in the near term as a difference in opinion between two countries in the Middle East threatens to keep oil prices boiling. Saudi Arabia and the UAE, long considered to be close allies, fell out at a recent OPEC+ meeting, stalling the oil cartel’s plan to take a call on the future course of output and pushing crude prices up. The failure of the OPEC+ ministers to hammer out…