WTI & Brent sit a touch higher on the day,......>

OIL: WTI & Brent sit a touch higher on the day, adding $0.10 & $0.20 to their

respective settlement levels at typing, after lodging similar gains come

Thursday's settlement. Asia trade has been quite limited, with the modest early

downtick unwound, although ranges remain tight.

- Thursday saw RTRS & BBG source reports point to a weekend gathering for the

OPEC+ nations. However, a recent tweet from an Energy Intelligence reporter

noted that "there are early signs indicating that Mexico might have objections

to extending the current OPEC+ pact. In recent months, President Andres Manuel

Lopez Obrador has stood by his plans to grow the country's hydrocarbon sector

and push for self-sufficiency. The OPEC+ meeting date remains up in the air.

There's still a big push by Gulf states and Moscow to get countries that didn't

comply to the cuts in May to improve their compliance and makeup for the

shortfall in coming months."

- This comes after BBG noted that Saudi & Russia came to an agreement with Iraq

re: compliance on Thursday.