Brent crude slipped 21 cents, or 0.3%, to $72.02 a barrel at 0133 GMT, after rising 4.2% in the previous session. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell 18 cents, or 0.3%, to $70.12 a barrel, after rising 4.6% on Wednesday. "The market shrugged off a rise in (U.S.) commercial inventories ... with most of the gains occurring on the West Coast, a distribution system that is separate from the rest of the country," analysts from ANZ Bank said in a note.
