Oil prices have dropped to a one-month low as demand for gasoline in the US falls.
Brent crude fell 26 cents at $37.43 a barrel, while the US futures fell by 21 cents to $35.49, Reuters reported.
Doubts on whether oil producers will agree on the output freeze proposal also led to a fall in oil prices.
Data revealed by the US Energy Information Administration found that gasoline demand in the US witnessed a slump in January.
Major oil producers are set to meet in Doha on 17 April to discuss on output freeze proposal at January levels, but a rise in Russian oil production in March has cast doubt over the chances of agreement.
Saudi Arabia said it will only freeze production if Iran agrees to do so.
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By GlobalDataBNP Paribas analysts said that an emerging gasoline glut could add to a global overhang in crude production and prices could come down further.
Kuwait OPEC Governor Nawal Al-Fuzaia said that an agreement at the meeting could freeze output at February levels or an average of January, as well as February.