Oil Heads for Third Week of Gains as Output Stumbles

Oil Heads for Third Week of Gains as Output Stumbles
A worker collects a crude oil sample at an oil well operated by Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA in Morichal, Venezuela on July 28, 2011. Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters
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LONDON—Oil prices steadied on Friday near a two-month high of $77.50 a barrel and were headed for a third straight week of gains, supported by global output disruptions and inventory draws.

The rally was slightly dampened by China’s first public sale of state crude reserves.