The White House on Thursday said it welcomed OPEC and its allies' decision to increase oil output, but added that the U.S. has no plans to reconsider its decision to release crude reserves.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Russia and allies, known as OPEC+, maintained an existing deal to output in January by 400,000 bpd after considering scrapping the plans.

(Reporting by Jeff Mason and Trevor Hunnicutt)