Oil maintained its gains after US government data showed crude inventories in the largest storage hub and gasoline stockpiles dropped, offering little relief to concerns about a global supply crunch.
A financier and trader, who's now one of the most active dealmakers in UK oil, fended off some criminal fraud charges over the attempted delivery of a consignment of crude from Iran.
The trading of Middle Eastern oil derivatives on a closely-watched platform that helps set crude benchmarks and shape real cargo flows has soared this month.
Oil fell to the lowest since mid-March after the International Energy Agency said it will deploy 60 million barrels of oil from emergency stockpiles to bolster the historic release announced by the Biden Administration.