ALGIERS - Algerian Energy Minister Mohamed Arkab on Sunday urged oil producesr to agree a massive and immediate oil production reduction at a meeting scheduled for Thursday, Algeria's energy ministry said.

"Algeria calls on all producers to seize the opprtunity of the meeting to reach an agreement on a production cut which is massive and immediate," he said in a ministry statement.

(Reporting by Hamid Ould Ahmed; Editing by Angus MacSwan) ((hamid.ouldahmed@thomsonreuters.com;))