Russian President Vladimir Putin said he sees no obstacles to an OPEC agreement this month after oil exporters made major progress in overcoming differences as he reaffirmed Russia is willing to freeze crude output at current levels. “Whether an agreement will be reached, I can’t say 100 percent, but there’s a strong likelihood that it will be achieved,” Putin told reporters on Sunday after attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima. “The main contradictions within OPEC, if they’re not yet eliminated, can be eliminated.” After initial negotiations aimed at freezing production failed in April, a preliminary deal was reached in Algiers on Sept. 28 that ended two years of OPEC members pumping without limits. Although the organization’s pledge to cut output must still be finalized, Russia has added more than 400 billion rubles ($6 billion) in projected budget revenue based on […]