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Oil prices hit a new half-year high due to sanctions against Russia and a decrease in U.S. oil inventories

On January 16, WTI crude oil futures touched $80 a barrel for the first time since August last year and set a new high since July last year, as new sanctions against Russia by Western countries began to affect crude oil supplies and US inventories tightened. Buyers of Russian oil are increasingly turning to other suppliers, with some countries, including India, saying they will bar sanctioned tankers from entering the country after the United States imposed its toughest sanctions to date. Freigh...

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2025-01-16 04:40:26