Oil prices stood below $55 on Friday after a 2 percent fall the previous day, as traders pondered the length of the current cold snap in the United States that has helped lift prices by some $2.50 this week.
U.S. light crude for March delivery was up 25 cents at $54.48 a barrel by 0748 GMT, after a $1.14 slide on Thursday, on concerns that the recent frosty weather in the U.S. would not last long enough to bring distillates inventories down. The drop came after a $2.79 gain over the past two days.
Prices earlier reached $55.90 on Thursday, the highest level since $56.20 touched on January 9.
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