Front-month April ICE Brent crude prices breached the $60/barrel mark for the first time in over a month during mid-afternoon Asian trade Friday, February 13, amid investor optimism that a Greek debt deal with the European Union could be reached. At 2:20 pm in Singapore (0620 GMT), April ICE Brent crude prices rose 72 cents (1.21%) from Thursday’s settle to $60/b. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem agreed Thursday on the sidelines of a European Union summit to resolve their differences over extending Greece’s current bailout, AFP reported. Article continues below… Platts Global Alert is a complete real-time information service for the global energy industry, providing breaking reports of deals done, price indicators for crude and products and more than 200 end-of-day assessments. Talks Wednesday between Greek Finance Minister Yaris Varoufakis and his 18 eurozone counterparts had broken down acrimoniously […]