Brent oil prices jumped by 1 percent on Tuesday to their highest since mid-2015, after the shutdown of the Forties North Sea pipeline knocked out significant supply from a market already tightening due to OPEC-led production cuts. Brent crude futures LCOc1, the international benchmark for oil prices, were at $65.32 a barrel at 0748 GMT, up 63 cents, or 1 percent, from their last close. The contract hit a high of $65.70 a barrel earlier in the day. That marks the first time Brent has risen above $65 since June, 2015. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 were at $58.38 a barrel, up 39 cents, or 0.7 percent, from their last settlement. “Brent crude raced higher … as news broke that the […]