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Oil dips as US crude production hits record, Asia factory output weakens

Updated : February 28, 2019 01:17 PM IST

International Brent crude futures were at $65.97 per barrel at 0723 GMT, down 42 cents, or 0.6 percent, from their last close.

US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures were at $56.73 per barrel, down 21 cents, or 0.4 percent, from their last settlement.

Oil prices fell on Thursday amid weakening factory output in China and Japan and record US crude output, although markets remained relatively well supported by supply cuts led by producer club OPEC.

International Brent crude futures were at $65.97 per barrel at 0723 GMT, down 42 cents, or 0.6 percent, from their last close.

US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures were at $56.73 per barrel, down 21 cents, or 0.4 percent, from their last settlement.

Prices were dragged down by surging American crude oil production, which has risen by more than 2 million barrels per day (bpd) over the last year, to an unprecedented 12.1 million bpd.

Factory activity in China, the world's biggest oil importer, shrank for a third straight month in February, as export orders fell at the fastest pace since the global financial crisis a decade ago, official data showed on Thursday.

"Further evidence of a slowdown in China hit risk sentiment," said Jasper Lawler, head of research at futures brokerage London Capital Group.

Amid weak demand from China, oil producers are having to cut prices.

Russia's Surgutneftegaz is selling April-loading ESPO crude oil at the lowest level in three months, charging $2.20 to $2.40 per barrel over benchmark Dubai quotes, trade sources said.

In Japan, Asia's second-biggest economy, factory output posted the biggest decline in a year in January as China's slowdown affects the entire region.

Financial markets also came under pressure after a two-day summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam's capital Hanoi ended early and without an official agreement.

Still, oil markets remain relatively well supported by supply cuts by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which together with some non-affiliated producers like Russia, known as 'OPEC+', agreed late last year to reduce output by 1.2 million bpd to prop up prices.

Because of these cuts, US commercial crude inventories fell 8.6 million barrels in the week to February 22 to 445.87 million barrels.

"Crude imports into the US fell 1.6 million bpd last week, to a two-decade low," ANZ bank said on Thursday.

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