Oil prices rose about 2 percent in early Asian trading on Monday as supply outages persisted over the weekend from Canada’s wildfires that have shut half the country’s vast oil sands capacity. Analysts were also digesting weekend news of Saudi Arabia’s appointment of a new energy minister to take over from veteran oil minister Ali al-Naimi. The new appointee, Khalid al-Falih, is a believer in reform and low oil prices. Falih said on Sunday that the world’s largest crude exporter was committed to meeting demand and would maintain its stable petroleum policies. U.S. crude’s West Texas Intermediate futures were up $1.05, or 2.3 percent, at $45.71 a barrel by 7:17 p.m. EDT (2317 GMT) in New York on Sunday. The session high in Singapore trading was $45.94. Brent crude futures rose […]