Front-month Brent crude futures, the international benchmark for oil, rose 29 cents, or 0.6 percent, to $51.62 per barrel by 0653 GMT. In the United States, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were up 34 cents, or 0.7 percent, at $48.71 a barrel.

«Россия сократила производство на 185 тыс. баррелей в день по сравнению с целевым показателем в 300 тыс.», - заявил Александр Новак. Глава Минэнерго подтвердил, что Россия изначально придерживалась плана по постепенному снижению добычи, и в настоящее время сокращает производство опережающими темпами.

Benchmark Brent crude futures fell by 33 cents, or 0.65 percent, from their last close to $50.47 per barrel by 0653 GMT. In the United States, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were down 41 cents, or 0.85 percent, at $47.56 a barrel.

Первое, что я хочу сказать: у нас такая возможность предусмотрена самим соглашением. Есть отдельный пункт, в котором говорится, что оно может быть продлено на срок до 6 месяцев. Второе: сегодня ещё конец марта. Мы ещё не перешагнули экватор. Обмен мнениями, который состоялся среди министров, и предложение, которое прозвучало, — означают возможность всем странам изучить этот вопрос до следующей министерской встречи; дать поручения секретариату ОПЕК с тем, чтобы секретариат провёл дополнительный анализ ситуации на рынке, которая будет складываться с января по апрель; дать прогнозы исполнения в мае, в июне и на второе полугодие.

"This reaffirms the commitment of OPEC and participating non-OPEC countries to continue to cooperate," the statement said.

The Joint OPEC/Non-OPEC Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) convened in Kuwait City for its second meeting on 26 March 2017. It announced that, based on the Report of the Joint OPEC/Non-OPEC Technical Committee (JTC) for the month of February 2017, OPEC and participating non-OPEC countries have continued their progress towards full conformity with their voluntary adjustments in production.

Barclays Commodities Research said its analysts still believe oil prices could rise to $60/bbl in the second quarter assuming inventory draws and the OPEC production cut remains in place. “However, this would likely be temporary, and we forecast prices in the mid $50s/bbl in the second half 2017,” Barclays said.

Benchmark Brent crude futures LCOc1 were at $50.72 per barrel at 1255 GMT, up 16 cents from their last close. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 were up 20 cents at $47.90 a barrel. Brent was heading for a weekly fall of around 2 percent, while WTI was off just over 1.8 percent.

Benchmark Brent crude was down 82 cents at $50.14 per barrel at 0936 GMT (5:36 a.m. ET), after dropping to $50.05, its lowest level since OPEC announced on Nov. 30 its plan for cuts. The deal with non-OPEC states was reached in December. U.S. light crude was down 70 cents at $47.54 a barrel, also slipping toward a three-month low.

The NYMEX April natural gas contract continued to march higher Tuesday, climbing 5.2 cents to settle at $3.093/MMBtu on a tightening supply-demand balance characterized by strong LNG feedgas deliveries, March demand above year-ago levels and a 2.8 Bcf/d year-on-year dip in production.