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OIL: WTI & Brent have lost a few cents apiece overnight, with modest pressure
creeping in on the back of broader risk-off flows.
- Monday saw crude tumble on the back of a tweet from U.S. President Trump,
which suggested that current crude prices are too high, and asked OPEC to "relax
and take it easy."
- Monday also saw the release of a WSJ source piece suggesting that "Saudi
Arabia and others in OPEC are likely to back a continuation of oil-production
curbs when the group meets in April," pushing back against Trump's demands.
- Earlier in the day, official data revealed that Russia fell short of its OPEC+
output cut pledges in February.
- Elsewhere, the Chair of Libya's NOC arrived in the UAE to "meet with a number
of Libyan and international parties to discuss the Sharara oilfield crisis."
- Also worth highlighting freshly announced strike action is set to hamper crude
production in the North Sea over the coming weeks.
- Focus now moves to the latest round of weekly API crude inventory estimates,
due late Tuesday.
MNI London Bureau | +44 0203-865-3809 | anthony.barton@marketnews.com
MNI London Bureau | +44 0203-865-3809 | anthony.barton@marketnews.com

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