Gross domestic product shrunk 4.5% in the third quarter compared to a year earlier, driven by a 17% drop in the oil economy
The unexpected build in fuel inventories raised concerns over consumption by the world's top oil user, especially as travel demand grew during the Memorial Day weekend
London-based BP has previously said it plans to cut its overall output by roughly 1 million barrels of oil equivalent (boepd) by the end of 2030 from its current 3.6 million boepd
The OPEC nations have agreed to "a different limit reduction of about 23 per cent", said US President Donald Trump
The current version of the deal by the so-called Opec+ coalition calls for production cuts of 1.2 million barrels a day
The group's spare capacity has ballooned to about 3.4 million barrels a day, as of November, compared with about 2 million a day at the outset of the production curbs