New Russian and Saudi oil cuts tighten markets and threaten gas price increase

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Oil prices increased Monday on the news that Saudi Arabia and Russia would each impose additional supply cuts for the month of August, amounting to roughly 1.5% of global supply and threatening to push up gas prices for drivers across the United States through the second half of the year.

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