Oil markets eased off a 2½-year high Wednesday after a pipeline blast in Libya disrupted supplies and caused a price spike. U.S. crude futures fell 33 cents, or 0.55%, snapping a five-session winning streak to settle at $59.64 a barrel. Brent, the global benchmark, fell 58 cents, or 0.87%, to $66.44 a barrel, snapping a six session streak of gains. Prices are still at their second highest levels of the year. They jumped Tuesday after an explosion on a Libyan pipeline, which is expected to reduce oil production by up to 100,000 barrels a day, the country’s National Oil Co. said. But prices retreated Wednesday on reports the pipeline could be repaired in about a week. Oil prices have become more vulnerable to the impact of supply disruptions as an overhang of inventory has been worked down over the last year. “While supply impact is immaterial, it shows that […]