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NEW YORK: Oil prices slipped on Tuesday as investors worried that rising Covid-19 cases would hurt demand while supply could rise with a potential resurgence of Libyan oil production, which has slowed to a trickle since the start of the year.

The more-active September contract for Brent was down 5 cents at $41.80 a barrel by 1:31 p.m. EST (1731 GMT), after gaining 92 cents in the previous session. The August contract, which expires on Tuesday, fell 52 cents, or 1.2%, to $41.19. The contract has gained 16.5% this month so far, and 81% on the quarter.

US crude was up 25 cents, or 0.6%, at $39.95 a barrel. US crude has risen 12.4% in the past month, up about 95% in the quarter, reflecting its recovery from late March.

Fuel demand has recovered from the worst weeks of the outbreak, but cases have been rising in southern and southwestern US states. Northeastern states like New York and New Jersey doubled the number of states from which travelers face quarantine restrictions.

"Sustaining the independent show of gasoline strength will be challenged by coronavirus headlines where news has seen a definite negative shift in recent weeks," Jim Ritterbusch, president of Ritterbusch and Associates in Galena, Illinois, said in a report.

Investors will seek signs of demand recovery in weekly inventory data due on Tuesday from the American Petroleum Institute industry group and from the US government on Wednesday.

Libya is trying to resume exports, which have been almost entirely blocked since January due to civil war. The state's oil company hopes talks will end a blockade by eastern-based forces.

"If we do finally see a resumption in Libyan output, this would make the job of OPEC+ a little bit more difficult," said Dutch bank ING.

A Reuters poll of analysts showed expectations that oil prices will consolidate at around $40 a barrel this year, with a recovery gaining steam in the fourth quarter.

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