1st LD Writethru: Oil prices drop amid ample supplies
Xinhua, July 28, 2015 Adjust font size:
Oil prices fell Monday as traders worried that more Iran crude would come to the market.
The UN Security Council endorsed the newly-reached agreement between Iran and major world powers on Iranian nuclear issues last Monday, starting a process to lift UN sanctions on Iran.
Iran and six world major countries have adopted an agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue. The related economic and financial sanctions will be terminated under the UN resolution and in an agreed framework.
Traders worried that more Iran crude would come to the already well-supplied oil market.
U.S. oil companies added more oil rigs last week despite the collapse in crude prices. Data showed a weekly rise of 21 in the number of active U.S. oil drilling rigs to 659, according to oil services company Baker Hughes' report.
The West Texas Intermediate for September delivery moved down 75 cents to settle at 47.39 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while Brent crude for September delivery decreased 1.15 dollars to close at 53.47 dollars a barrel on the London ICE Future Exchange. Endite