OPEC officials are hoping to limit the production of both Libya and Nigeria, as fears grow that the two exempted members are undermining cuts from the rest of the cartel. Saudi Arabia is also promising to lower its oil exports in order to take more supply off of the market. Saudi Arabia’s energy minister Khalid al-Falih reportedly cut short his vacation in order to attend the OPEC monitoring meeting in St. Petersburg on Monday, an unexpected move that put more weight on the details of the gathering. His attendance suggests OPEC is worried about the pace of rebalancing in the oil market, and also raises speculation about what OPEC might do next. OPEC’s Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo said al-Falih decided to attend because of the meeting’s “strategic importance” and because of “the high expectations of the times,” the Wall Street Journal reported. The WSJ also said that al-Falih was “very […]