Oil prices rose on Tuesday on uncertainty over Libyan oil exports, although plans by producer cartel OPEC to raise output continued to drag.
Brent crude futures, the international benchmark for oil prices, were at $74.92 per barrel at 0127 GMT, up 19 cents, or 0.25 percent from their last close.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were at $68.26 a barrel, up 18 cents, or 0.26 percent.
Traders said prices were mostly driven up by uncertainty around oil exports by Libya, a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
Eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar's forces have handed control of oil ports to a separate National Oil Corporation (NOC) based in the country's east. The official state-owned oil company based in the capital Tripoli, also called NOC, will not be allowed to handle that oil anymore.

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