Daniel Brødsgaard, analyst at Danske Bank, notes that the oil could not sustain its recent gains as American crude inventories saw a surprisingly big jump of 5.48 million barrels according the EIA.
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“Also yesterday, according to Bloomberg, US government officials stated that Trump backed the recent attack on Tripoli by the Libyan opposition led by strongman Khalifa Haftar. This could potentially be a long term blow to Libya’s growing and stabilising oil exports.”