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NEW YORK: Oil rose on Monday in choppy trade, with Brent crude topping $113 a barrel, as outages in Libya deepened concern over tight global supply amid the Ukraine crisis, offsetting worries over slowing Chinese demand.

Adding to supply pressures from sanctions on Russia, Libya's National Oil Corp on Monday warned "a painful wave of closures" had begun hitting its facilities and declared force majeure at Al-Sharara oilfield and other sites.

"With global supplies now so tight, even the most minor disruption is likely to have an outsized impact on prices," said Jeffrey Halley, analyst at brokerage OANDA.

Brent crude, the global benchmark, rose $1.24 to $112.94 a barrel by 11.19 a.m. EDT (1519 GMT). Earlier in the session, the contract rose to $113.80 a barrel, its highest since March 30.

U.S. West Texas Intermediate rose 85 cents to $107.80 a barrel. The benchmark hit $108.65 a barrel, also the highest since March 30.

But putting a lid on prices was concern about energy demand in China, whose economy slowed in March, taking the shine off first-quarter growth numbers and worsening an outlook already weakened by COVID-19 curbs.

Oil prices fall as market weighs mixed supply signals

Data on Monday also showed China refined 2% less oil in March than a year earlier, with throughput falling to the lowest since October as the surge in crude prices squeezed margins and tight lockdowns hurt demand.

Oil surged to the highest since 2008 in March, with Brent briefly topping $134.

"There's still some confusion about whether they're reopening their economy, so we’re getting mixed signals out of China and that has presented a lot of volatility this morning," Price Futures Group analyst Phil Flynn said.

Deeper supply losses are looming. Russian production declined by 7.5% in the first half of April from March, Interfax reported on Friday, and EU governments said last week the bloc's executive was drafting proposals to ban Russian crude.

Those comments came before an escalation in the Ukraine war. Ukrainian authorities said missiles struck Lviv early on Monday and explosions rocked other cities as Russian forces kept up their bombardments after claiming near full control of the port of Mariupol.

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samir sardana Apr 19, 2022 04:38am
As I said "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40166811/palm-gains-about-3-to-near-three-week-high-as-stocks-tighten" -----------------"OIL IS GOING UP !"------------------- The Crucible of Oil Prices is balances on the Tip of the SS-21 Russian Missile At this point - IF PUTIN WANTS - he can block oil shipments, anywhere in the world Even the Chinese GDP growth is better than expected although Shanghai is shut down.Even China shuts down - the supply chains will be ruined,and there will be shortages,all over the EU,and the US - and still, OIL IS RISING and will keep rising HISTORY HAS SHOWN THAT - whenever the Oil market is TIGHT - some event arises to take Oil higher ! All the SPR releases have failed - and now the SPR has to be restocked.dindooohindoo
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