U.S. and global oil futures declined on Thursday as a hefty rise in last week’s U.S. supplies and uncertainty surrounding tariff disputes helped to weaken the outlook for crude demand, prompting prices to settle at their lowest levels of the year.

Thanks to abundant supply and fairly flat demand, oil prices are forecast to fall — unless tariffs and geopolitics get in the way.

Crude oil inventories and gasoline stocks saw larger than expected builds last week, leading to a renewed sell off in oil

Oil futures on Wednesday marked their lowest settlement prices of the year, after official U.S. data showed a weekly climb of nearly 9 million barrels in U.S. crude inventories and as the U.S.-China trade battle threatened to dent demand.

"Despite the 'energy emergency' claims, the US is producing energy in record quantities," JPMorgan Asset Management wrote.

In response to Donald Trump’s statements regarding pressure on OPEC-plus to reduce oil prices and the potential impact on the budgets of

President Trump’s tariff on Canadian oil is expected to raise prices at the pump for U.S. consumers, if it takes effect as planned after a 30-day delay. Analysts told The Hill that the 10 percent

Oil prices edged up on Thursday after Saudi Arabia's state oil company raised its March crude prices sharply, but the gains barely dented the previous day's slide in benchmark Brent crude. Brent crude futures rose 44 cents,

Thursday closed down -0.42 (-0.59%), and March RBOB gasoline (RBH25) closed up +0.0240 (+1.17%). Crude oil and gasoline prices settled mixed on Thursday, with crude falling to a 5-week low. Crude gave up an early advance Thursday and turned lower as the dollar rallied and President Trump pledged to boost US oil