The main US contract, West Texas Intermediate crude for October delivery, added two cents at $93.88 a barrel.
Brent North Sea crude for October meanwhile rose 22 cents to $102.72 a barrel in London deals.
The main news was a 2.1 million barrel fall in US commercial crude-oil stockpiles, larger than expected.
Stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, depot where WTI is delivered rose, however, by 500,000 barrels.
The Energy Department's weekly report showed a 0.4 percent increase in total petroleum inventories, including distillates and gasoline, in relation to average daily demand.
The simmering conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East seemed not to bother markets.
Desmond Chua, market analyst at CMC Markets in Singapore, said investors have been bouyed by "a string of strong economic data in the US".
Source: yahoo.com
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