Prince Abdul Aziz said Saudi Arabia would continue cutting 400,000 bpd below target He added he is convinced that Aramco will be worth more than $2 trillion in a few months VIENNA: Saudi Arabia and Russia spearheaded a deal on Friday in which OPEC and its allies committed to some of the deepest oil output cuts this decade aiming to avert oversupply and support prices. The group of more than 20 producers agreed to an extra 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) in cuts for the first quarter of 2020, taking the total to 1.7 million bpd, or 1.7% of global demand. Brent oil rose 2% to more than $64 a barrel after Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdul Aziz bin Salman said effective cuts could be as much as 2.1 million bpd as the Kingdom would carry on cutting more than its quota. OPEC and allied producers, the so-called OPEC+, pump more than 40% of the world"s oil. Under the new deal, OPEC will shoulder 372,000 bpd in fresh cuts and non-OPEC producers an extra 131,000 bpd, a source told Reuters. "Best outcome you could have expected. Puts floor under prices at $60 Brent but (we"re) still likely in $60-65 Brent market until the global economy improves and then we could see $65 to $70 Brent in Q2," said Gary Ross, founder of Black Gold Investors. OPEC+ will deepen cuts for the first three months of 2020, shorter than the six- or 12-month scenarios some OPEC members wanted. The cuts offset expected increases from countries that are not part of OPEC+, including top producer the United States. Eleven of OPEC"s 14 member states are participating while Iran, Libya and Venezuela are exempt. OPEC+ adds Russia and nine others - Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brunei, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Oman, South Sudan and Sudan. Compliance has been a sticking point since the coordinated cuts began in 2017 with Saudi Arabia cutting more than required in order to offset overproduction from Iraq and Nigeria. Prince Abdul Aziz said Saudi Arabia would continue cutting 400,000 bpd below target and its new ceiling would be 9.744 million bpd. Saudi Arabia needs prices of at least $80 per barrel to balance its budget and also needs to support the share flotation of its national oil company Saudi Aramco. Shares in Aramco are expected to begin trading this month following pricing on Thursday that made it the world"s biggest IPO. Prince Abdul Aziz told reporters he expected the company to be worth more than $2 trillion in a few months.