Oil settles higher as investors assess attacks on Russian energy facilities

By Georgina McCartney HOUSTON (Reuters) - Oil prices settled higher Monday as investors assessed the impact of Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian refineries and of U.S. President Donald Trump pressing NATO nations to halt Russian oil purchases. Brent crude futures settled up 45 cents, or 0.67%, at $67.44 a barrel while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude settled 61 cents higher, up 0.97%, at$ 63.30 a barrel. Attacks on Russian oil infrastructure and mounting pressure from Trump on buyers of Russian crude ...