By Olesya Astakhova, Mariya Gordeyeva and Maha El Dahan MOSCOW/ALMATY/DUBAI (Reuters) -Russia Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday that the OPEC+ group agreed to start increasing oil production from April,

Investing.com -- Kazakhstan, a member of the OPEC+ alliance, has been identified as the major contributor to the group’s oil production increase in February, according to recent OPEC data. The country, however, has not been able to meet its commitment to cut production.

OPEC said on Wednesday that Kazakhstan led a sizeable jump in February crude output by the wider OPEC+, highlighting a challenge for the producer group in enforcing adherence to agreed output targets.