International oil prices rose on Monday in conjunction with supply disruptions in Kazakhstan and Libya; Which increases fears that global demand for crude could be compensated.
Oil prices rose 5% last week after protests in Kazakhstan disrupted train lines and hit production by blowing up the country's largest oilfield, while pipeline maintenance in Libya To reduce production from 1.3 million barrels per day last year to 729,000 barrels per day.
The benchmark Brent crude rose 0.2%, or the equivalent of 16 cents, to reach $81.91 a barrel, and the US West Texas Intermediate crude rose by 0.2%, or the equivalent of 15 cents at $79.05 a barrel.
On the other hand, global fears are increasing about the accelerating rise in the number of infections with the mutated strain of Corona called Omicron, noting that more than 304.87 million cases of the Corona virus have been recorded and 5 Millions and about 835,000 deaths worldwide, according to a Reuters tally.
