Oil slips ahead of OPEC meet today

14 December 2011

Oil markets fell ahead of an OPEC meeting scheduled later today as investors turned their attention to the global growth outlook.

During the meet, a 30-million barrel-a-day cap on output for the first half of the year is expected to be levied for all 12 OPEC members, keeping production near three-year highs.

Brent crude slipped 31 cents to $109.19 a barrel by 0618 GMT, while US crude fell 14 cents to settle at $100.

Earlier the US Federal Reserve warned the agitations in Europe posed a risk to the US economy, reports Reuters.