Oil prices fell early on Monday as Iraq said it wanted to be exempt from any deal by producer cartel OPEC to cut production to prop up the market, and as U.S. drillers stepped up work. International Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were trading at $51.61 per barrel at 0051 GMT, down 17 cents from their last close. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were down 20 cents at $50.56 a barrel. Traders said the price falls were a result of comments from Iraq, which said it wanted to be exempt from a production cut by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) that the group plans to decide at its Nov. 30 meeting. OPEC plans to reduce production to a range of 32.50 million to 33.0 million barrels […]