{"id":658705,"date":"2026-02-18T11:54:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=658705"},"modified":"2026-02-18T11:54:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:24:35","slug":"oil-prices-hold-steady-near-68-ahead-of-us-iran-talks-opec-supply-plans-keep-markets-cautious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/oil-prices-hold-steady-near-68-ahead-of-us-iran-talks-opec-supply-plans-keep-markets-cautious\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil prices hold steady near $68 ahead of US\u2013Iran talks, OPEC+ supply plans keep markets cautious"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Global oil prices remained steady on Monday as markets closely watch upcoming talks between United States and Iran. While concerns over potential disruptions in oil supply due to US-Iran tensions kept prices stable, OPEC+ is considering increasing production from April. The day saw Brent crude futures slightly down at $67.72 per barrel, while US WTI crude stood at $62.86.<\/p>\n<p>The market&#8217;s cautious stance comes ahead of crucial negotiations between Washington and Tehran in Geneva on Tuesday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global oil prices remained steady on Monday as markets closely watch upcoming talks between United States and Iran. While concerns over potential disruptions in oil supply due to US-Iran tensions kept prices stable, OPEC+ is considering increasing production from April. The day saw Brent crude futures slightly down at $67.72 per barrel, while US WTI crude stood at $62.86. The market&#8217;s cautious stance comes ahead of crucial negotiations between Washington and Tehran in Geneva on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,219,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-658705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-oil-gas-the-times-of-india","category-the-times-of-india"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}