Although OPEC production rose last month, the increase was contained by numerous supply disruptions. This suggests that, once the outages have been resolved, output will grow more strongly, as producers try to make up for the recent production shortfall. This will be compounded, at least until June, by Iran progressing towards its target of reaching a pre-sanctions level of output.
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