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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Oil Climbs on Prospect of OPEC Supply Cut, Demand Growth

Pumpjacks are seen during sunset at the Daqing oil field in Heilongjiang province, China August 22, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer/Files

Oil prices rose 1% on Monday, as expectations that OPEC would cut output if needed to support prices, coupled with conflict in Libya and rising demand amid soaring natural gas prices in Europe, helped offset a dire outlook for US growth.

US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures jumped $1.09, or 1.2%, to $94.15 a barrel by 0519 GMT, adding to a gain of 2.5% last week.

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