The State Department is confident that the Gulf countries are able to increase oil production

He said this on CBS.

The official was asked if Riyadh could produce more oil.

“I won’t go into exactly how much spare capacity Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait have, but they have additional spare capacity, there are opportunities to increase production,” he said, commenting on US President Joe Biden’s recent trip to the Middle East. East.

At the same time, Biden himself noted earlier that the United States and Saudi Arabia discussed the possibility of ensuring an adequate supply of oil on world markets.

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, in turn, said that the issue of oil production was not raised at the Gulf Cooperation Council summit in Jeddah with the participation of Joe Biden.