Jabbar-al-Luaibi

Oil producer nations agreed Thursday to keep production curbs in place for another nine months until the end of 2018, Iraq's oil minister said after talks in Vienna.

The extension by 24 nations "is nine months" from March 31 until the end of 2018, Jabbar al-Luaibi told reporters. The accord is aimed at reducing a global glut and lifting the price of crude.