Reply #2: Oil rises to near $48 as OPEC signals supply cuts [View All]

SINGAPORE – Oil rose to near $48 a barrel Tuesday in Asia after OPEC signaled it will likely announce another production cut within days, adding to large supply reductions the cartel has already implemented.

Benchmark crude for April delivery rose 73 cents to $47.80 a barrel by midafternoon in Singapore on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil prices gained $1.55 on Monday to settle at $47.07.

Leaders of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries have suggested for weeks that the group may cut output quotas at its next meeting on March 15 in Vienna.

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In other Nymex trading, gasoline for April delivery was steady at $1.36 a gallon, while heating oil was little changed at $1.22 a gallon. Natural gas for April delivery was steady at $3.86 per 1,000 cubic feet.

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