Kazakhstan confirms OPEC+ agrees on oil output rise by 0.5 million bpd in Jan

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The OPEC+ group of leading oil producers has agreed to raise its oil output by 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) in January, the Energy Ministry of Kazakhstan said in a statement.

It also said that OPEC+ has agreed to meet each month starting from January to decide its policy.

(Reporting by Tamara Vaal; writing by Vladimir Soldatkin; editing by Susan Fenton)