WTI crude oil prices are lower this morning, after losing substantial ground to Brent crude oil prices, yesterday. Brent caught the flight-to-safety trade on rising tensions in the Ukraine. The Russian fly-by or buzzing of a US naval ship in the Black Sea introduced a new aspect to the Russian supply fear premium. It is real easy for one those incidents to spiral out of control and the international crude market reacted accordingly.
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