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WTI Crude Hits $80 a Barrel for First Time Since 2014
Oil surges as a global energy crisis boosts demand and OPEC+ keeps supplies tight.
08 Oct 2021, 08:06 PM IST
(Bloomberg) -- West Texas Intermediate crude futures hit $80 a barrel for the first time since November 2014 as a global energy crisis boosts demand and OPEC+ keeps supplies tight.
The benchmark’s surge above the key level comes after the U.S. Energy Department said that it had no plans “at this time” to tap the nation’s oil reserves, cooling fears that the rally would be tempered with emergency supply.
West Texas Intermediate crude for November delivery advanced $1.75 to $80.05 a barrel at 10:09 a.m. in New York.
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