Investing.com - Oil prices fell on Tuesday, extending losses into a third week, on worries over a supply glut and with U.S. inventory data expected to show another increase in crude stocks.
U.S. crude was down 1.42%, at $43.36 a barrel while Brent fell 0.77% to $47.18 a barrel at 8.38AM ET.
An expected further build in U.S. crude stocks and a glut of refined products again raised concerns of an oversupplied market.
A report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Wednesday was expected to show that commercial crude stockpiles rose for a fifth straight week, by an average of 3 million barrels to 479.6 million.
Also weighing on prices was news that U.S. congressional leaders had proposed to sell 58 million barrels of oil from U.S. emergency reserves to help pay for a budget deal, although the sales would happen only between fiscal years 2018 and 2025.