Geopolitical tensions were the main driver of oil prices in the first half of the month as the US fired missiles at Syria and ramped up rhetoric around North Korea. However, the market quickly refocused its attention on the prospects for an extension of OPEC’s supply cuts as it became clearer that the conflict in Syria was unlikely to escalate by enough to disrupt oil supplies from nearby countries.
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