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Brent crude was trading up 51 cents, or 1.1 percent, at $47.37 a barrel by 0415 GMT (12:15 a.m. ET). U.S. crude was up 39 cents, or 0.9 percent, at $45.73 per barrel, Reuters reported.

Crude prices were underpinned by concerns about supply disruptions after militants in Nigeria's southern Niger Delta oil hub attacked a pipeline operated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Wednesday.

"The market is always a little sensitive to (news about supply disruptions)," said Ric Spooner, chief market analyst at CMC Markets.

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A softer dollar also buoyed prices by making the dollar-denominated oil less costly for importing countries.

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Both oil benchmarks, on Wednesday, hit their lowest since late September after data showed U.S. crude stockpiles soared more than 14 million barrels last week, the largest weekly build since the U.S. Energy Information Administration started keeping records in 1982.

"The recovery (in oil prices) has more to do with the fact that it hit a strong support at around $46.50 a barrel", a Singapore-based oil broker said, referring to Brent that hit $46.46 in the prior session. U.S. crude fell to $44.96 on Wednesday.