An OPEC+ panel on Monday, July 28, 2025, emphasized the need for complete adherence to agreed-upon oil production levels. This comes ahead of a separate meeting of eight OPEC+ members this Sunday, August 3, who are set to decide on increasing oil output for September.

Ministers from the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC), which includes top energy officials from OPEC and its allies led by Russia, held brief online discussions. The JMMC meets every two months to monitor compliance and can call for a full OPEC+ meeting if market conditions warrant it.

Compliance and Future Plans

Following their meeting, OPEC stated that the committee “reiterated the critical importance of achieving full conformity and compensation.” “Compensation cuts” refer to additional reductions some countries, like Iraq and Kazakhstan, need to implement to offset their earlier overproduction. The JMMC has requested that non-compliant countries submit updated compensation plans by August 18.

OPEC clarified on social media that the JMMC does not have the authority to decide on production levels; its role is limited to monitoring compliance and reviewing market conditions.

OPEC+, responsible for roughly half of global oil production, had been cutting output for several years to support prices. However, it reversed this strategy earlier this year to regain market share, partly in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s calls for increased output to help lower gasoline prices.

Eight members began increasing their output in April and have accelerated these hikes since then. Their most recent decision called for a 548,000 barrels per day (bpd) increase in August. Three OPEC+ sources indicated last week that these eight countries are likely to agree to a further 548,000 bpd increase for September at their upcoming August 3 meeting.

If this happens, OPEC+ would have fully unwound its most recent 2.2 million bpd production cut by September, and the United Arab Emirates would have met its 300,000 bpd quota increase ahead of schedule. Despite these increases, oil prices have remained supported, with Brent crude trading above $70 a barrel on Monday, driven by summer demand and the fact that some members haven’t raised production as much as the overall quota hikes suggested.