Crude prices edged up on Monday after Russia said it was prepared to meet other producers to discuss the situation in the global oil market, while a report showed a fifth weekly decline in the U.S. oil rig count. Brent LCOc1 climbed 17 cents to $48.30 a barrel by 0136 GMT (09:26 EDT) after it finished up 44 cents, or nearly 1 percent, on Friday. U.S. crude CLc1 rose 12 cents to $45.66 a barrel after it settled up 80 cents, or 1.8 percent. Russia’s energy minister said on Saturday that it was ready to meet with OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers to discuss global oil markets if such a meeting was called. He said a separate meeting between Russian and Saudi officials was being […]