Oil prices rose, Tuesday, amid tensions in the Middle East, mitigating the impact of the resumption of production in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Barry, U.S supplies boomed thanks to shale oil.
Prices are still under pressure, with data on Monday showing that China's economic growth in the second quarter of the year slowed to 6.2 percent compared to the same period a year ago that is the weakest pace in at least 27 years.
By 10:30 GMT, Brent crude futures were up 21 cents at $ 66.69 a barrel. Global benchmark crude lost 24 cents, or 0.4 percent, on Monday.
US WTI crude futures rose 19 cents to $ 59.77 a barrel. US benchmark crude fell about 1 percent in the previous session.
US oil companies have begun restarting part of the production that stopped in the Gulf of Mexico before Hurricane Barry, which accounted for about 74 percent of the production volume.
Workers return to more than 280 abandoned production platforms. But it may take several days to resume production entirely.
The market is also under pressure on signs of another increase in production of the United States, which has become the world's largest crude producer, ahead of Russia and Saudi Arabia thanks to shale oil.
The market remains worried by tensions between the United States and Iran over Tehran's nuclear program, with prices likely to rise abruptly if the situation deteriorates.
Iranian leader Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that Iran would respond to Britain's detention of an Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar.
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