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Oil Extends Gains on Middle East Supply Worries

Summary Shutdown of Libya’s Sharara oilfield tightens supply U.S. crude inventories fall more than expected -API Coming up: EIA supply report, 1600 GMT (Reuters) – Oil rose by about 1% on Thursday, extending gains on concerns over Middle Eastern supply after disruptions at an oilfield in Libya and heightened tensions relating to the Israel-Hamas war. …

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U.S. Seeks 3 Mln barrels of Crude for Strategic Reserve

The U.S. is seeking to buy up to 3 million barrels of U.S.-produced sour crude oil for delivery in April to help replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), the Department of Energy said in a statement on Wednesday. President Joe Biden’s administration is slowly purchasing oil for the SPR after it sold a record 180 …

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