West Texas Intermediate crude traded near the highest price in three days amid speculation that Crimea’s vote to split from Ukraine may heighten tensions between Russia and the West. Brent was steady in London . Futures were little changed in New York after rising for a second day on March 14. The U.S. and the European Union warned Russia not to annex Crimea after the referendum, setting the stage for sanctions against the world’s biggest energy producer. Libya ’s production fell after protesters closed a pipeline carrying crude from Sharara, the country’s second-largest field, according to state-run National Oil Corp. “With the overwhelming pro-Russian vote in the region clashing with the West’s assertions that the referendum is not valid, expect further geopolitical risk-related support this week,” Mark Pervan , the head of commodity research at Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., said in a note today. WTI for […]