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Oil climbs 2% in Asia amid supply disruption fears

Oil benchmarks on both sides of Atlantic reversed losses seen earlier this week and rebounded higher, now extending gains into a second day today on the back of rising concerns supply disruptions from Canada and Libya.

Oil ignores rising US crude supplies

Currently, both crude benchmarks are seen rallying, with WTI up +2.17% at $ 44.74 while Brent oil rises +1.80% to trade at $ 45.37. Oil prices jolted higher this session as markets fretted over oil production following news that a huge wildfire in Canada disrupted its oil sands production.

Adding to the supply concerns, escalating geo-political tensions surrounding Libya threatened the North African nation's output. As Reuters reports, “Libya's already crippled oil production is at risk of further decline from a stand-off between rival eastern and western political factions, which prevented a cargo belonging to trading giant Glencore from loading.”

Amid supply disruption worries, markets largely ignored another build in the US crude reserves, as reflected by the EIA weekly inventory report. US crude stockpiles grew by 2.8 million barrels last week, a much bigger build than markets expected.

Looking ahead, focus now remains on the crucial US NFP data and oil rigs count data due tomorrow for further cues on the black gold. While markets will continue to monitor the developments surrounding Libya and Canada.

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