Government data confirmed a surprisingly huge drawdown in U.S. crude inventories. London Brent crude for November delivery LCOc1 was down 36 cents at $49.63 a barrel by 0023 GMT. It settled up $2.01, or 4.2 percent, at $49.99 on Thursday after touching a near two-week high of $50.14 earlier. NYMEX crude for October delivery CLc1 was down 35 cents at $47.27, after settling up $2.12, or 4.7 percent, on Thursday. U.S. crude stocks dropped 14.5 million barrels last week to 511.4 million barrels, the biggest weekly drop in stockpiles since January 1999, according to government data. [EIA/S] Imports into the U.S. Gulf Coast fell to 2.5 million barrels per day, the lowest since data […]