Oil price soars…The badly depleted oil revenue of the country should get a major boost as the price of Brent oil on the global market hits $85 per barrel for the first since October 2018.
Brent crude futures traded as high as $85.07 a barrel on Friday morning, and US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose 0.85 percent to $82 a barrel.
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This is coming after the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies agreed to maintain its gradual monthly oil production increase.
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