North Sea
Oil prices inched up on Wednesday, supported by expectations of a fall in U.S. crude inventories and by the ongoing outage of the North Sea Forties pipeline system.
Oil markets edged up on Tuesday as the Forties pipeline outage in the North Sea and voluntary production restraint led by OPEC supported prices.
Oil prices rose on Wednesday as industry data showed a larger-than-expected drawdown in U.S. crude stockpiles.