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Crude prices fall from 2016 highs as U.S. oil rig count rises

Crude oil prices settled lower on Friday after the U.S rig count rose for the first time since December, renewing worries of a supply glut after an output freeze proposal helped boost the market to 2016 highs and multi-week gains. U.S. energy firms this week added one oil rig after 12 weeks of cuts, according to data by industry…

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Crude prices fall from 2016 highs as U.S. oil rig count rises

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Oil sets new 2016 highs on production freeze, demand bets

“Focus for now is firmly placed on a global macroeconomic environment that is propelling other industrial commodities such as the metals as well as world equities back to around highest levels since late last year,” said Jim Ritterbusch of Chicago-based energy markets consultancy Ritterbusch & Associates. It was on course to gain 6 percent on the week for a fifth straight week of gains. U.S. crude inventories hit a fifth straight week of record highs last week but the build of 1.3 million barrels was less than half …

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Oil sets new 2016 highs on production freeze, demand bets