This became known from the Bloomberg rating. According to the data, the price of February futures for WTI oil increased by 0.4%, to 62.16 dollars per barrel. Oil of both brands is traded at the maximum marks since 2015.
At the same time, traders continue to assess the data on the dynamics of drilling rigs in the country.
Also, the market is waiting for data from the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the Ministry of Energy of the country on the dynamics of the reserves of "black gold" in the United States in the last week. According to analysts' forecasts, the figure fell by 4.1 million barrels, to 420.4 million barrels.
Recall, as previously reported, "URA-Inform," the Chinese authorities, starting in November, stopped exporting to North Korea any oil products. Due to sanctions against the DPRK.