Investing.com – Oil prices were higher on Friday as supply concerns weighed and investors looked ahead to weekly rig count data.
West Texas for November rose 0.22% to $72.28 a barrel as of 9:54 AM ET (13:54 GMT). Meanwhile futures, the benchmark for oil prices outside the U.S., increased 0.69% to a four-year-high of $81.94.
Late on Wednesday the U.S. said it would not increase supply to offset the decrease in production.
Energy Secretary Rick Perry told a news conference that the Trump Administration was not considering a release of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to offset the impact of the sanctions on Iran that is expected to come into force on November 4.
The move comes after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and Russia in Algiers on Sunday and made no formal recommendation for any additional supply boost at its Sunday meeting. Saudi Arabia, OPEC’s largest producer, says it can add an extra 1.5 million barrels per day.
Prices of oil have been rising in recent months over concern of tightening supply due to U.S. sanctions against Tehran, which have already caused Iran’s crude exports to fall.
Investors are also looking ahead to the the Baker Hughes at 1:00 PM ET (17:00 GMT)
In other energy trading, rose 0.56% at $2.0810 a gallon, while increased 0.24% to $2.3316 a gallon. lost 2.16% to $2.990 per million British thermal units.
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Source: Investing.com
