Brent rose 84 cents, or 1.2%, to $71.09 a barrel at 1011 GMT.
OPEC+ decided in April to return 2.1 million bpd of supply to the market during May through July as it anticipated demand would rise despite high numbers of coronavirus cases in India
OPEC+ is likely to stick to the existing pace of gradually easing oil supply curbs at a meeting, as producers balance expectations of a recovery in demand against a possible increase in Iranian supply
WTI futures rise as much as 3.2%, Brent earlier topped $70
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Brent crude futures for July fell 9 cents, 0.1%, to $69.37 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate crude for July was at $66.90 a barrel, up 5 cents, or 0.1%
Investors wager that progress in combating the Covid-19 pandemic will spur energy consumption.
India's oil demand growth is set to be just 350,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2021, according to S&P Global Platts Analytics, given extreme consumption weakness in April and May
The world's third largest oil consumer and importer halted imports from Tehran in 2019 after former US President Donald Trump withdrew from a 2015 accord
Oil demand was already outstripping supply and the shortfall was expected to grow even if Iran boosted exports
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries expected demand to rise by 5.95 million barrels per day (bpd) this year, or 6.6%, its forecast unchanged from last month.
Total crude imports by the world's third-biggest oil importer fell to 3.97 million barrels per day (bpd) in the 2021 fiscal year to March 31, down 11.8% from a year earlier
OPEC is responsible for over a third of global production
The deteriorating situation there could pose a problem for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, which have agreed to start adding more supply from May
According to oil ministry officials, this deal is at competitive rates and is in line with the strategy to have multiple sources of crude oil for Indian refiners
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