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MTECHTIPS:-Crude edges up in Asia with API estimates ahead
MTECHTIPS-Crude prices gained slightly in Asia on Tuesday with industry data on U.S. inventories later in the day expected to underpin market views on demand and supply in the world’s top importer. On the New York Mercantile Exchange crude futures for May delivery rose 0.09% to $53.13 a barrel, while on London’s Intercontinental Exchange, Brent gained 0.05% to $56.01 a barrel. Later Tuesday, the American Petroleum Institute (API) will report estimates of inventories for crude and refined products at the end of last week, followed by official data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Wednesday. The two sets of figures diverged sharply last week with API showing a crude draw and EIA a build. Analysts expect a 316,000 barrels build in crude supplies, and a drop in gasoline stocks of 1.761 million barrels and a decline in distillate supplies of 896,000 barrels. Overnight, crude settled higher on Monday, after production halted at Libya’s largest oilfield for the second time in as many weeks while rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East lifted sentiment. Libya’s Sharara oilfield was shut on Sunday, after a group blocked a pipeline linking it to an oil terminal, a Libyan oil source said. Crude prices continued to trade with upside bias, after last week’s U.S. missile strike on an airbase in Syria, underpinned a rally in oil prices, as investors worried about potential supply disruptions in the region.
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