Oil rises 2% as Libya outages add to Russia supply fears

National Oil Corp. says 'a painful wave of closures' has begun hitting its facilities

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Libya's National Oil Corp. has declared force majeure, saying it has become impossible to meet obligations. © Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Oil prices rose 2% on Monday, with Brent crude topping $114 a barrel, as outages in Libya deepened concern over tight global supply amid the Ukraine crisis.

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