OPEC’s Barkindo said to visit Iraq amid supply deal push U.S. stockpiles probably rose by 1.25 million barrels: survey Oil climbed with OPEC’s secretary-general set to visit Baghdad on Tuesday for talks aimed at resolving a deal on output after Iraq said it should be exempt from planned cuts. Futures rose as much as 0.8 percent in New York after falling 0.7 percent Monday. Mohammed Barkindo will meet with Iraq’s prime minister and oil minister, according to people familiar with the matter, after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ second-biggest producer said Sunday it should be excluded due to conflict with Islamic militants. U.S. crude stockpiles rose last week, a Bloomberg survey shows before government data Wednesday. Oil has fluctuated near $50 amid uncertainty about whether OPEC can implement an accord to reduce oil output when its members gather at an official meeting in November. A committee will meet […]