Oil rebounds as US crude production falls | Inquirer Business

Oil rebounds as US crude production falls

/ 08:41 AM April 02, 2015

NEW YORK, United States – Oil rebounded Wednesday, lifted by a government report showing a decline in US crude production and a deadly explosion and fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico.

The US benchmark, West Texas Intermediate for May delivery, surged $2.49 to close at $50.09 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, snapping a three-day losing streak.

Brent North Sea crude for delivery in May, the global benchmark, settled at $57.10 a barrel in London trade, an increase of $1.99 from Tuesday’s closing level.

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The latest Department of Energy weekly petroleum report, as expected, showed another increase in crude inventories to a new record high of 471.4 million barrels.

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But it also revealed a slight decline in US crude production, by 36,000 million barrels per day, ending a long climb to record output levels that has contributed to the global supply glut.

The DoE report “was bearish fundamentally, with a fairly large build of inventory, but there were some bullish facts,” said Bart Melek of TD Securities.

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Adding to support for the market was an explosion and a fire on an offshore oil platform operated by Mexico’s Pemex on Wednesday, killing at least four workers, injuring 16 and forcing 300 to be evacuated.

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Firefighting vessels were battling the raging blaze as the oil market closed. Melek cited the incident as underpinning prices.

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