The two biggest Chinese refiners have said they will squeezeCause.movement.down.losstheir processing by about 940,000 barrels per day ( bpd ) as a result of the demand growth plungeMovement.down.loss, or about 2.1 percent of their 2019 processing runs .
DUBAI ( Reuters ) - Still haunted by its failed attempt to prevent a steep plungeMovement.down.lossin oil prices by cuttingCause.movement.down.lossproduction by almost three quarters in the next month , the world 's top oil exporter Saudi Arabia is determined not to make the same mistake again .
Oil , the world 's most used fuel , has seen prices plungeMovement.down.lossby more than 40 % from their 2019 peakPosition.highin January , with Brent crude oil prices threatening to fallMovement.down.lossbelow $ 60 per barrel for the first time since June .
`` Assuming we have a 20 % plungeMovement.down.loss( in oil futures ) , it 's likely to be an additional 0.8 percent ( in economic growth ) for most advanced economies , because all of them are importers of oil , '' Lagarde said , mentioning the United States , Europe , Japan and China in particular .
While the plungeMovement.down.losshas rekindled speculation that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries -LRB- OPEC -RRB- may need to cutCause.movement.down.lossoutput for the first time in six years when it meets next month , some analysts are looking much further ahead .