New York - World oil prices sank Friday after the International Energy Agency warned that US crude inventories were nearing storage capacity amid a global oversupply.
US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for April lost $2.21 to close at $44.84 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
In London, the global benchmark, Brent North Sea crude for April delivery, settled at $54.67 a barrel, down $2.41 from Thursday's closing level.