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Oil Prices Rise Amid Brexit Hope, But Worries Over China Limit Gain

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Investing.com - Oil prices recovered on Wednesday in Asia amid renewed hopes of a potential Brexit deal between the U.K. and the European Union.

U.S. Crude Oil WTI Futures gained 0.3% to $52.97 by 1:13 AM ET (05:13 GMT). International Brent Oil Futures also rose 0.3% to $58.91.

Also supporting oil prices today were reports that OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo said the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries "will do whatever (is) in its power" to sustain oil market stability beyond 2020.

Weekly crude inventories data from the American Petroleum Institute and the U.S. Energy Information Administration are due on Thursday and Friday.

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The reports have been delayed one day because of a U.S. government holiday.

While not a directional driver for the oil markets today, concerns over fresh troubles in U.S.-China trade negotiations returned.

Reports this week said Beijing now wants the U.S. to rollback tariffs before agreeing to purchase as much as $50 billion of American agriculture products under the “phase one” trade deal touted by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Tension between the two sides escalated further after the U.S. House passed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act overnight.

It would require an annual review of whether the city is sufficiently autonomous from Beijing to justify its special trading status under U.S. law.

China has vowed to retaliate if the U.S. passed the act.

Meanwhile, reports of an explosion at Saudi Arabia’s Sasref refinery were cited as a tailwind for oil prices. The blast, caused by a gas leak, revived worries over supply disruptions after the Sept. 14 attack on the kingdom’s gigantic Abqaiq oil processing facility that temporarily knocked out half of daily world crude output.

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