Saudi Arabia's Oil Output Rises to Highest Level Since Before Iran War

Saudi Arabia pumped 10.563 million barrels of crude oil per day in October 2026, its highest output since before the Iran war disrupted supplies, according to a report from OPEC published on November 11, 2026.

OPEC, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, is a group of oil-producing nations that publishes monthly estimates of how much crude its members produce. A barrel is the standard unit for oil, and output figures are usually given in millions of barrels per day. The report also covers OPEC+, a wider grouping that includes other producers alongside OPEC's members.

Saudi Arabia's October figure was up by more than two million barrels per day from its September output, the Al Jazeera report on the OPEC data said. For comparison, Saudi Arabia produced 10.882 million barrels per day in February 2026, the month the United States and Israel launched the war on Iran in late February. That war disrupted oil supplies, and Saudi output fell in the months that followed before recovering.

Across OPEC+, output reached 41.23 million barrels per day in October, up by about 2.04 million barrels per day from September, according to the same report.

The OPEC report also stated that Russia's oil output increased in October 2026.