沙特阿拉伯-OPEC事实上的领导者，其石油部长纳伊米(Ali al- Naimi)周三抵达阿尔及利亚奥兰参加欧佩克会议前对媒体表示，从明年1月1日起，欧佩克日原油计划减产200万桶，此举旨在遏制近5个月来的油价下滑趋势。纳伊米还称，欧佩克成员国对之前减产决定的遵循率超过85%。

ORAN, Algeria (AP) -- Saudi Arabia, OPEC's de-facto leader, said Wednesday the group will slash a record 2 million barrels from its daily production as of Jan. 1, while Russia and other countries said they would remove hundreds of thousands of additional barrels from the market.

Saudi oil minister Ali Naimi said there was an OPEC consensus ahead of a formal agreement later in the day for the cut.

An official decision to cut 2 million barrels from output all at once would be a first for the organization. OPEC had cut that amount from its output four years ago, but that was done in two stages.