U.S. Looks To Persuade Saudi Arabia To Pump More Oil

Advisers to U.S. President Joe Biden are considering a possible visit to Saudi Arabia to plead with the world’s largest oil exporter to boost its oil production as prices surge amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Axios reported on Sunday. The United States is considering a ban on imports of Russian oil and is scrambling to secure more global oil supply in the meantime. Unlike his predecessor Donald Trump, President Biden has criticized Saudi Arabia over its human rights track record and the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.…