World oil prices rose sharply after the publication of data on stocks in the United States. At 18:05 Moscow time the price of Brent crude topped $ 47 per barrel (plus 3 percent compared with the close of trading on may 10), and WTI reached the level of the dollar 45,62 (added 2.2 percent).
Commercial oil stocks in the United States for the week from 29 April to 6 may fell by 3.4 million barrels to 540 million.
Earlier on 11 may, the US Department of energy dramatically increased the forecast of oil prices for this year and next year. In 2016, Brent will average cost $ 41 per barrel, and in 2017-m — 51 a dollar. The increase compared to the previous version of the forecast was 5 and 10 dollars respectively.
While the Department believes that in the next 25 years, the main source of energy in the world will be oil.
Oil prices over the past two years has fallen almost three times. In early 2016, they reached historic lows, dropping to $ 25 per barrel, but in March began to increase gradually.
