
Oil hits 3-week high as surprise US stockpile draw adds to supply worries
(Investing) – NEW YORK -Oil prices climbed about 1% to a three-week high on Wednesday as a surprise drop in U.S. weekly crude inventories added to a sense in the market of tightening supplies amid export issues in Iraq, Venezuela and Russia. Brent futures rose 94 cents, or 1.4%, to $68.57 a barrel by 10:55 a.m. EDT (1455 GMT), while U.S. West
