international oil prices fell on 20 October to close at $102.26 a barrel in New York

xinhua news agency, new york, July 20th(reporter Liu Yanan) international oil prices fell on the 20th.

As of the close of the day, the price of light crude oil futures for August delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell by US $1.96 to close at US $102.26 per barrel, a decrease of 1.88; the price of London Brent crude oil futures for September delivery fell 0.43 US dollars to close at US $106.92 per barrel, a decrease of 0.4.

data released by the US Energy Information Administration on the 20th showed that US commercial crude oil inventories were 0.4266 billion barrels last week, a decrease of 400000 barrels from the previous month.