Oil prices reach six-month high on latest surge
Oil prices continued to surge on Tuesday, reaching a six-month high.
The price of a barrel of Brent Crude reached just short of $49.50 on Tuesday morning.
Meanwhile, US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) is also approaching the $50 mark.
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Oil prices are currently at a six-month high after being lifted this week by disruptions to output in Nigeria and a bullish assessment on the market from the usually bearish Goldman Sachs.
US prices soared to a 2016 high last week following a surprise drop in oil stocks and the effects of wildfires in Canada’s oil-producing regions.
Political tension in Venezuela also helped to boost prices.
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"The oil market has gone from nearing storage saturation to being in deficit much earlier than we expected," Goldman Sachs said yesterday.
"The market likely shifted into deficit in May … driven by both sustained strong demand as well as sharply declining production.”