As of October 9, commercial oil reserves in the US decreased by 8.6 million barrels during the week, reaching 415.6 million barrels.
elchi reports that the US Department of Energy has released this information.
According to the agency, the current volume of reserves is 3% lower than the average for the last five years at this time of year.
Against the backdrop of the publication of this data, oil prices have shown an increase. As of 20:25 Baku time, the price of December futures for Brent crude oil on the London ICE exchange increased by 0.11% to $106.18 per barrel.
November futures for WTI crude oil rose by 3.37% to $98.29 per barrel.