WTI oil prices are on the cusp of breaking $100 per barrel. The catalyst appears to be a surge higher in Libyan oil output to 588,000 bpd – yes, it is an amazingly exact figure, but it comes courtesy of the acting Libyan oil minister. The rapid return shows that, while there are warring factions, the oil infrastructure and petrodollars are the ties that bind.
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