Oil markets tense after western strikes on Syria, but rising US drilling weighs
Oil prices today: Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were at $71.87 per barrel at 0124 GMT, down 71 cents, or 1 percent from their last close.
US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 were down 59 cents, or 0.9 percent, at $66.80 a barrel. Image source: Reuters