EXCLUSIVE-U.S. asked Brazil's Petrobras if it could raise oil output; it said no -sources

U.S. government officials in March asked Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras whether it could increase crude output after Russia's invasion of Ukraine sent global prices soaring, three people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. They came away empty-handed, the sources said.

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