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Oil settles lower, supply worries ease on hopes for Ukraine peace deal

by Yurie Miyazawa
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Oil settles lower, supply worries ease on hopes for Ukraine peace deal
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OIL prices settled down on Friday (Feb 14) on prospects for a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine that could ease global supply disruptions by ending sanctions against Moscow, but losses were limited by a delay in US immediate reciprocal tariffs.

Brent futures settled down 28 US cents, or 0.37 per cent, at US$74.74 a barrel. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell 55 US cents, or 0.77 per cent, to US$70.74.

For the week, Brent gained 0.11 per cent while WTI lost around 0.37 per cent.

President Donald Trump ordered US officials this week to begin talks on ending the war in Ukraine after Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed a desire for peace in separate phone calls with him.

Lifting sanctions on Moscow in the event of a peace deal should boost global energy supplies.

Russian oil exports could be sustained if workarounds to the latest US sanctions package are found, the International Energy Agency said in its latest oil market report.

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This week, Trump ordered commerce and economic officials to study reciprocal tariffs against countries that place tariffs on US goods and to return their recommendations by Apr 1.

“Positive development on the trade front in light of US tariff delays paves the way for some recovery in oil prices this morning, as the risk environment warms up to the prospects of further trade consensus being reached,” said IG market strategist Yeap Jun Rong.

Also limiting the losses, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the US could apply maximum economic pressure on Iran.

Trump had driven Iran’s oil exports to near zero during his first term after reimposing sanctions.

Global oil demand has surged to 103.4 million barrels per day (bpd), up by 1.4 million bpd from the prior year, JPMorgan analysts said on Friday.

“Initially sluggish demand for mobility and heating fuels picked up in the second week of February, suggesting the gap between actual and projected demand will soon narrow,” the bank said.

US energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for a third week in a row for the first time since December 2023, energy services firm

Baker Hughes said in its closely followed report on Friday.

The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, rose by two to 588 in the week to Feb 14. REUTERS

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