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Oil steadied below $49 a barrel as US drillers continued to boost activity, countering Opec’s efforts to drain a global glut.

Futures were little changed in New York after falling 9.1 per cent last week, the biggest weekly loss since November. Rigs targeting crude in the US rose to the most since September 2015, according to Baker Hughes. In Libya, crude production dropped 11 per cent as clashes among rival armed groups led to the closure of some of the Opec nation’s biggest oil-export terminals. 

Oil last week broke below the $50-a-barrel level it had held above since the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) and 11 other nations started trimming supply on Jan. 1. US crude stockpiles have climbed to a record and production surged to the highest in more than a year, while Saudi Arabia’s Oil Minister Khalid Al-Falih said global supplies are falling slower than expected. Rising US output is the "main threat” to the global output deal, according to Russia’s largest producer.

"Few would bet against a further selling spree,” said Stephen Brennock, an analyst at PVM Oil Associates Ltd. in London. The market has been "vulnerable to a downward spiral” as speculators remain heavily invested despite "a lack of bullish catalysts.”

West Texas Intermediate for April delivery lost 19 cents to $48.30 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange at 12:12pm in London. Total volume traded was about 18 per cent above the 100-day average. The contract dropped 79 cents to $48.49 on Friday, capping the biggest weekly decline since November.

Rig count

Brent for May settlement fell 11 cents to $51.26 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. Prices slid 8.1 per cent last week. The benchmark traded at a $2.41 premium to May WTI.

US drillers boosted the rig count by eight to 617 last week, according to data on Friday from Baker Hughes. Companies have added 92 machines to fields this year. The nation’s crude output has climbed to 9.09 million barrels a day, according to data from the Energy Information Administration.

Libyan output has dropped by about 80,000 barrels a day to 620,000 barrels since fighting broke out among armed groups on March 3, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because they aren’t authorised to speak to the media.

While Opec’s deal with non-members to curb output "shows its sustainability” and would be useful for the global economy, there are risks the agreement won’t be extended because US producers are reacting so rapidly to higher prices, Rosneft’s press service said by email.

John Wood Group agreed to acquire Amec Foster Wheeler in an all-share deal that values the UK engineering-service provider at about 2.23 billion pounds ($2.7 billion). The shares of both companies surged.

Source :Times Of Oman

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