OPEC debates deeper production cuts to push up oil price

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Minister of Energy and Industry of the United Arab Emirates, UAE, Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei arrives for a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

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The countries that make up the OPEC oil-producing cartel are meeting to decide whether to cut production and push up prices of fuel and energy. The oil ministers gathering in Vienna are expected to prolong production cuts they have agreed on for the past three years. Some experts believe they could also deepen the cuts in an effort to support prices. Higher production from non-OPEC countries like the United States have capped energy prices in recent years.