Money The prices of crude oil today rose to the highest level in five months. The markets are uneasy about a military offensive in Libya, what does the fear of supply problems.
A barrel of oil from the Noordzeesoort Brent took this morning 70,60 dollars, or 26 cents more than Friday. A barrel of oil of the American sort of WTI was 25 cents more expensive to 63.33 dollars, the highest level since the beginning of november.
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Libya is a major oil producer, for a monthly production of approximately 1.1 million barrels. Now, by the warring parties fought south to the capital Tripoli. That is still at a distance from the large oil fields and ports, but the fear that violence breeds elsewhere in Libya. The North African country is a member of oliekartel OPEC. the
oil prices are also driven by the output of the OPEC and the production disruptions in Venezuela. In order to respond to the increased prices Friday revealed that the number of active oil rigs in the United States considerably increased.
