Oil prices rise on small increase in OPEC+ supply

Oil prices rose on Wednesday, erasing previous losses as the OPEC+ producer group prepares a small production increase of 100,000 barrels a day, a document seen by Reuters showed, dashing US hopes. of a significant increase in supply.

Brent crude futures were up more than 1% to $101.85 a barrel around 9:30 am ET.

U.S.-traded futures rose more, nearly 2%, to about $96 a barrel.

Ministers from members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies, including Russia, known as OPEC+, are ready to agree to the small increase in production, equivalent to about 0.1% of global oil demand, a document showed. .

OPEC+ has agreed to raise its oil production targets in September by 100,000 barrels a day, an OPEC+ source said.

Source: CNN Brasil

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