Oil prices fell on Tuesday after the U.S. government said it would release more crude from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) as mandated by lawmakers, defying expectations from some traders that the release could be cancelled or delayed.
Brent crude futures fell by 70 cents, or 0.81%, to $85.91 per barrel by 0256 GMT, while U.S. crude futures fell by 93 cents, or 1.16%, to $79.21 per barrel. said after the previous session ended that it would sell 26 million barrels of oil from the SPR, a release that would likely push the reserve to its lowest level since 1983.
"Energy traders were expecting to hear news about refilling the SPR and not tapping them for more supplies," Edward Moya, an analyst at OANDA said. The DOE had considered cancelling the fiscal year 2023 sale after U.S. President Joe Biden's administration last year sold a record 180 million barrels from the reserve. But that would have required Congress to act to change the mandate.
Traders will be looking for clues from Tuesday's crucial U.S. consumer price index data for January. U.S. monthly consumer prices instead of falling as previously estimated, raising the risk of higher inflation readings in the months ahead.
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