West Texas Intermediate crude traded near a one-week high amid forecast that U.S. stockpiles fell and as Middle East unrest curbs exports.
Futures rose as much as 1 percent. U.S. crude inventories dropped by 1.55 million barrels last week, according to a Bloomberg News survey before tomorrow’s Energy Department report. Libya’s biggest oil terminal remained shut yesterday after briefly reopening, a port official said. South Sudan is working to avoid halting fuel exports planned by Sudan on Aug. 22, according to a Foreign Ministry spokesman.
via Bloomberg
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