Essam Al-Sudani | Reuters
A worker walks at the Nahr Bin Umar field, Iraq.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries continued to pull back production in April, but output from top exporter Saudi Arabia ticked up last month.
Saudi crude oil production rose by nearly 50,000 barrels a day, according to figures provided by the kingdom and secondary sources alike. Meanwhile, OPEC took about 18,000 barrels a day off the market in April.
Oil prices pared gains after OPEC released the report.
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