OPEC+ meets to debate production quotas, new cut - sources
Cuts could amount to 1 mln bpd - sources
OPEC+ needs to adjust production quotas - sources
Meetings begin at 0900 GMT
By Maha El Dahan, Alex Lawler and Ahmad Ghaddar
VIENNA, June 4 (Reuters) -OPEC and its allies will meet on Sunday to debate a new deal possibly adjusting countries' output quotas and a further cut in production, sources told Reuters, as the group faces flagging oil prices and a looming supply glut.
OPEC+, which groups the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies led by Russia, pumps around 40% of the world's crude, meaning its policy decisions can have a major impact on oil prices.
Three sources familiar with OPEC+ discussions have told Reuters that additional production cuts were being discussed among options for Sunday's session.Two other sources said additional cuts were unlikely.
The three sources said cuts could amount to 1 million bpd on top of existing cuts of 2 million bpd and voluntary cuts of 1.6 million bpd, announced in a surprise move in April and which took effect in May.
The April announcement helped to drive oil prices about $9 per barrel higher to above $87, but they swiftly retreated under pressure from concerns about global economic growth and demand. On Friday, international benchmark Brent LCOc1 settled at $76. O/R
If approved, the new cut would take the total volume of reductions to 4.66 million bpd, or around 4.5% of global demand.
Typically, production cuts take effect the month after they are agreed but ministers could also agree a later implementation. They could also decide to hold output steady.
OPEC+ ministers will start gathering from 11 a.m (0900 GMT) on Sunday in Vienna and have a full meeting from 12 a.m. onwards, according to sources familiar with the latest schedule.
Last week, Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz said investors who were shorting the oil price, or betting on a price fall, should "watch out", which many market watchers interpreted as a warning of additional supply cuts.
Two OPEC+ sources also said that the group needs to address the issue of baselines, from which each member performs cuts.
Such talks have previously turned contentious.
West African countries such as Nigeria and Angola have long been unable to produce in line with their targets but have opposed lower baselines because new targets could force them to perform real cuts.
By contrast, the UAE has insisted on getting higher baselines in line with its growing production capacity, but that would mean its share in the overall cuts would decrease.
Western nations have accused OPEC of manipulating oil prices and undermining the global economy through high energy costs. The West has also accused OPEC of siding too much with Russia despite Western sanctions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
In response, OPEC insiders and watchers have said the West's money-printing over the last decade has driven inflation and forced oil-producing nations to act to maintain the value of their main export.
Asian countries such as China and India have bought the lion's share of Russian oil exports and refused to join Western sanctions on Russia.
OPEC has denied media access to its headquarters to reporters from Reuters and other news media.
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Reporting by Ahmad Ghaddar, Alex Lawler, Maha El Dahan and Julia Payne; Writing by Dmitry Zhdannikov; Editing by Hugh Lawson
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