Jul
10
Supply Crunch Lifts Oil to 3½-Year High
ByStrikes by oil-and-gas workers in Norway and Gabon compound outages in Libya and Canada
Oil prices climbed toward a 3½ -year high Tuesday, supported by supply issues across several major producing countries.
Light, sweet crude for August delivery rose 0.4% to $74.11 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, near its highest close since November 2014. Brent, the global benchmark, rose 1% to $78.86…