Brent crude oil prices rose 27 cents (+0.4%) to $62.21 per barrel, while WTI crude oil prices increased 21 cents (+0.4%) to $58.46 per barrel.
Reuters , citing two U.S. officials, reported that the U.S. had seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, although the ship's name and location were not specified.
Ed Hayden-Briffett, an oil analyst at Onyx Capital Group, commented that oil prices could become more volatile if this seizure is followed by similar actions.
The seizure of the oil tanker has fueled concerns about immediate supply disruptions amid already market anxieties about volatility in oil supplies from Venezuela, Iran, and Russia, according to Rory Johnston, founder of the Commodity Context newsletter.
In another development, a Ukrainian official said that the country's maritime drones attacked and disabled a tanker carrying Russian crude oil – the third attack in two weeks.
Meanwhile, the US Federal Reserve (Fed) decided to lower the benchmark interest rate by another 0.25 percentage points as expected – a move that could support oil demand as economic growth is boosted.
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell declined to say whether further rate cuts would occur in the near future, but said the Fed is well-positioned to respond to what lies ahead.
Oil prices had earlier fallen nearly 1% in trading after U.S. government data showed crude oil inventories fell by 1.8 million barrels in the week ending December 5, less than the 2.3 million barrel drop predicted in a Reuters survey.
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