*The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) has released its latest monthly oil market report, in which Venezuela claimed to have produced 877,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude in February – up from 841,000 bpd in January. Opec’s own estimate, based on secondary sources, put Venezuela’s oil production lower at 820,000 bpd, which it said was up from 804,000 bpd in January.
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