FinanceOil settles up 3%, boosted by Mexican oil outage, US vaccine approvalMexico offshore platform fire takes 400,000 bpd offlineAuction block: US to sell up to 20 million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). The Bryan Mound storage facility in Brazoria County, Texas shown here is one of four SPR sites in the US.Photo: US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYReuters