Oil climbs as tension over Iraqi Kurdistan rises

28 September 2017, London — Oil prices rose on Thursday, spurred by rising tension around northern Iraq following the autonomous Kurdistan region’s vote in favour of independence in a referendum. Brent crude oil LCOc1 was up 60 cents at $58.50 a barrel by 0945 GMT. It hit a more than two-year high of $59.49 on […] More »