Oil Falls on Easing Geopolitical Tensions, China Demand Worries

Oil Falls on Easing Geopolitical Tensions, China Demand Worries
An oil field worker works at a pump jack in PetroChina's Daqing oil field in China's northeastern Heilongjiang Province on Nov. 5, 2007. (Stringer (China)/Reuters)
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LONDON—Oil extended declines on Thursday as concerns over geopolitical tensions eased and as rising numbers of COVID-19 cases in China added to demand worries in the world’s largest crude importer.

Poland and NATO said on Wednesday a missile that crashed inside NATO member Poland was probably a stray fired by Ukraine’s air defenses and not a Russian strike, easing fears of the war between Russian and Ukraine spilling across the border.