"The concern for Saudi Arabia and Opec+ is that there are so many unknowns. No one knows where the oil markets will be six months from now, or next year," said Karen Young, senior fellow at Middle East Institute in Washington DC.
She added this means the Saudis and United Arab Emirates will want to use their spare supplies judiciously.
"They don't want to be in a situation where they utilise their limited spare capacity to ramp-up production, and then suddenly, if demand shoots up or goes down in the future ...they are left with no room to make adjustments," she added.