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Crude:

Oil rose to a three-week high in New York on speculation U.S. inventories posted their longest stretch of declines since August, while the dollar weakened. Saudi Arabia said its efforts to focus on market share are working, bolstering speculation that OPEC will maintain its production target at this week's meeting.

Oil's 40 percent rebound from a six-year low is supporting the strategy of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to keep pumping into a global glut. The group, which supplies about 40 percent of the world's oil, will keep its quota unchanged at 30 million barrels a day, according to all but one of 34 traders and analysts in a Bloomberg survey.

Bunker Market:

Loading problems for fuel in Rotterdam are easing but prompt deliveries still a bit tight. No gasoil loading problems reported.

Dutch time: 11.10 hours.

Fuel oil RMG 380 HS: 3.5%: USD 342-344

Marine Gas Oil DMA .89/ LS 0.1%: USD 574-578.

ULS fuel oil: USD 535-538.