Value of a barrel of oil experiences slight improve

A.- On Monday, the barrel of Brent oil from the North Sea was quoted at $ 74.23, representing a achieve of 19 cents and a rise of 0,26%, whereas US crude West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was situated at 65,92, which represents a rise of 0,56% and a rise of 37 cents, evaluation Prensa Latina.

Additionally, the basket of the Group of Petroleum Exporting International locations (OPEC) registered its barrel at $ 72,44, which represents a achieve of $ 1,61, a rise of two,27% in comparison with its earlier closing.

Brent exceeds $ 74 firstly of the Intercontinental Petroleum Trade (ICE) digital marketplace for deliveries in June, he publishes within the Venezuelan Information Company on his account on the social community fb.

“America (US) introduced that in Might they’ll end the measures that allowed a number of international locations to import crude oil from Iran with out violating US sanctions. Final November, Washington banned the acquisition of Iranian oil. This occurred after the US got here out of the 2015 nuclear settlement. Nevertheless, it granted 180-day exemptions to seven international locations and one territory, ”the information company reviews.

He additionally notes that these will expire on Might 2 and that the tip of the exemptions might hinder the import of crude from Iran by China, India, Japan, South Korea, Italy, Greece, Taiwan and Turkey.