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(Press TV) -- Concerns over Libya's oil
output amid growing clashes between anti-government protesters and forces loyal
to Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi have pushed oil prices up in global markets. The
price of sweet US oil for delivery in April on the New York Mercantile Exchange
climbed to 102.23 dollars per barrel, up USD 2.60 on Wednesday.
Tensions in the oil-exporting nation also sent the West Texas
Intermediate futures contract soaring at above 103 a barrel -- the highest level
since September 2008. Brent crude also increased by 0.2 percent to stand at
116.58 dollars in Asian markets.
Figures released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) show Libya's
oil output has been cut down by more than half a million barrels on daily
basis.
Libya used to produce 1.6 million barrels of crude per day before the
recent popular uprising peaked in the North African oil-rich country.
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