Oil prices ended up at nearly $52 barrels per day after investors shifted their focus to the possibility of Libyan crude oil supply returning as well as output cut returns in January following the recent agreement between OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers to cut back on oil production. The market is now expecting major cutbacks from major oil suppliers starting next year, with Saudi Arabia said to be planning to cutback smaller crude oil volumes being sold to Asia as compared to other regions.
