“Brent crude has traded above $65 a barrel since mid-February and hit a high of $67.55 on 13 March. March prices were impacted by Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih’s decision to rule out any changes to output cuts at the 17-18 April Opec-plus alliance meeting..”

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