Brent futures rose $2.30, or 2.47%, to $95.40 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude climbed $2.60, or 2.89%, to $92.63. U.S. crude futures gained more than $3 earlier in the session.
The U.S. is seeking to loan energy companies up to 40 million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help push fuel prices down, the Department of Energy said on Wednesday.
Curious Minds Corner
How many Olympic-sized swimming pools get filled daily by global oil production?
About 60, as daily output hits 100 million barrels (each pool holds ~660,000 gallons).