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On Wednesday, crude prices went down because soaring output from Libya contributed to worries as for soaring American output, undermining OPEC-led output cuts aimed at tightening the energy market.
Brent crude futures hit $51.66 a barrel, sliding 0.4% from the previous close.
US West Texas Intermediate crude futures reached $49.37 a barrel, losing 0.6% from their previous settlement.
Market participants told that the price drops were caused by higher output in conflict-torn Libya. This country contributed to a relentless ascend in American crude output.
Libya's crude outpu8t is expected to ascend to 800,000 barrels per day already this week, as state-run National Oil Corporation informed on Monday.
It would probably spur its exports. According to shipping data in Thomson Reuters Eikon, excluding pipeline exports, Libya managed to ship out an average of 500,000 bpd of oil in 2017, unlike 300,000 bpd delivered last year.
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