As a winter storm strikes, crude oil prices rise on constrained US stockpiles.
As a cold front approaches the United States and traffic is expected to spike throughout the holiday season, U.S. crude, heating oil, and jet fuel stockpiles were considered as tight on Thursday, driving up oil prices for a fourth straight day. At 01:45 GMT, Brent crude futures increased by 27 cents, or 0.3%, to $82.47…