The government of Saudi Arabia has ordered oil giant Aramco to cap its oil production at 12 million barrels per day, the world's largest oil producer announced on Tuesday.

Aramco said it received a government directive to keep its Maximum Sustainable Capacity (MSC) at 12 million barrels per day as it was working to increase it to 13 million barrels per day.  MSC is the average number of barrels per day of crude oil that can be produced in one year.

The state-controlled company didn't disclose the reasons behind the Ministry of Energy's decision but said it will update its capital spending guidance when it publishes its full-year 2023 results in March. Aramco has a strategic plan to increase its oil productio💜n to 13 million barrels per day by 2027.

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Aramco's output limit also follows a slowing in oil demand growth last year to prepandemic levels. The International Energy Agency also said in its monthly report that growth is projected to ease to 1.2 million barrels a day in 2024 from 2.3 million barrels a day last year.