Oil finishes the week flat as the market sees Saudi pipeline outage as less disruptive than feared
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Crude oil prices fell for the third consecutive session Friday to finish the week basically flat, as the market anticipates the closure of Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline will not have as big of an impact on supplies as originally feared.
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What happened
Crude oil prices fell for the third consecutive session Friday to finish the week basically flat, as the market anticipates the closure of Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline will not have as big of an impact on supplies as originally feared.
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