crude prices edged down ahead of a meeting of opec and nonopec oil producers led by russia at which the countries were expected to agree to boost production futures for brent crude the global oil benchmark fell 06 at 11558 a barrel having pared earlier losses the market expects supply to rise following a meeting between the organization of the petroleum exporting countries’ 13 members and 10 nonopec producers thursday the us and europe have pressed the group dubbed opec to pump more crude as russia’s invasion of ukraine has sent oil prices soaring above 100 a barrel