Brent crude futures rose 17 cents, or 0.2 percent, to $ 79.40 a barrel, by 02:17 GMT, rising for the fourth consecutive day.
US West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 23 cents, or 0.3 percent, to $ 76.79 a barrel, in the seventh consecutive session of gains.
And data from the US Energy Information Administration revealed, on Wednesday, that crude oil stocks fell by 3.6 million barrels, in the week ending on December 24.
Meanwhile, gasoline and distillate inventories decreased compared to analyst expectations for an increase in inventories, indicating that demand remains strong.
This rise provides further support to sentiment, as governments around the world try to limit the impact of record numbers of new infections with Covid-19 on economic growth.
Several countries are trying to relax the rules for testing, as well as narrow the scope of isolation to target only those who have been in close contact with positive cases.
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