Brent Rises for Fifth Consecutive Week on Middle East Deployments
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Brent crude climbed nearly 9% for the week to its highest settlement in almost four years as the U.S. sent three warships and thousands more Marines to the Middle East, while U.S. crude finished the week with a small loss; Iraq declared force majeure on some oilfields, highlighting how geopolitical tensions are lifting Brent relative to WTI.
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