NEW YORK, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices headed toward $97 per barrel in a half-day, post-Thanksgiving trading session Friday, as traders reacted to a pre-holiday inventory report.
The Energy Information Administration weekly inventory report released Wednesday afternoon showed stockpiles down by 6.2 million barrels in the week, dropping supplies to 27.8 million barrels less than the same period a year earlier.