is not only testing OPEC 's resolve but also the durability of the U.S. shale revolution , which has addedMovement.up.gain1 million bpd to U.S. output in each of the past 3 years .
Prices for oil traded in London addedMovement.up.gain$ 110 a barrel on 2019 after U.S. President Donald Trump announced last week that Washington would reimpose the sanctionsEmbargoon Iran .
`` Oil prices have not addedMovement.up.gainalarmingly because the market is still working off the glutsOversupplybuilt up in 2015 , '' the IEA said .
Elsewhere , Brent oil for March delivery on the ICE Futures Exchange in London addedMovement.up.gain10 cents or about 0.16 % to $ 67.88 a barrel , not far from last week 's nearly three-year peakPosition.highof $ 68.27 .
U.S. energy companies addedMovement.up.gaintwo oil rigs in the week to Dec. 8 , bringing the total count up to 751 , the highestPosition.highsince September , General Electric -LRB- NYSE : NYSE : GE -RRB- 's Baker Hughes energy services firm said in its closely followed report on Friday .
West Texas Intermediate for March delivery addedMovement.up.gain34 cents to $ 65.85 a barrel at 9:59 a.m. on the New York Mercantile Exchange .
`` Oil prices have not addedMovement.up.gainalarmingly because the market is still working off the glutsOversupplybuilt up in 1980s , '' the IEA said .
U.S. crude stockpiles addedMovement.up.gainby 6 million barrels in the week to Feb. 7 to 438.9 million barrels , beating analysts ' expectations for an reboundMovement.up.gainof nearly 1.8 billion gallons , data from industry group the American Petroleum Institute showed .
U.S. drillers addedMovement.up.gainfive oil rigs drilling for new production in the week ending April 20 , bringing the total count to 820 , the highestPosition.highsince March 2015 .