New Saudi energy minister urges producers to share burden

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia’s new energy minister says producers “have to share responsibility” to balance the market.

Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman spoke Monday in Abu Dhabi at an energy conference about the role OPEC member-states and other major oil producers like Russia have ahead of a meeting this week to discuss global production cuts of 1.2 million barrels per day.

Saudi Arabia has led cuts in production as the kingpin of OPEC to keep oil prices from sliding further.

Prince Abdulaziz says “it’s all about the incremental contributions.”