Oil slips on US plans to tap emergency crude reserves


SIMGAPORE, Nov 23 (Reuters): Oil prices dropped by more than 1% on Tuesday ahead of the expected release of US crude reserves to cool the market while resurgent Covid-19 cases in Europe also weighed on demand.

The United States' planned release of emergency oil reserves is part of a plan that President Joe Biden's administration has hashed out with China, India and Japan to lower energy prices.

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