US oil inventories down by 2 mln barrels over week — Department of Energy

As of 6:30 p.m. Moscow time (3:30 p.m. GMT) the price of March futures for Brent oil on London’s ICE was up by 1.35% at $81 per barrel while the price of futures for WTI oil with March delivery was up by 1.99% at $79.04 per barrel