By 8 GMT, Brent crude oil for April spiked up almost 7 USD a barrel toa peak of 119.79 USD, while US crude futures for April rose as high as103.41 USD, the highest since September 2009, Reuters reported.
Libya , the world's 12 th biggest exporter and a member of theOrganisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), has cut atleast 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) from its 1.6 million bpd output.
The cuts in Libyan oil output represent the first disruption to supplyas a direct result of protests that have swept through theoil-producing regions of North Africa and the Middle East .
The concern for oil markets is how unrest might affect Saudi Arabia, which has a 4 million bpd output and supplies around 10 percent ofthe world's oil market./.