LATEST NEWS.... Oil costs ascended on Thursday for a third straight session, as the danger of contention in the Middle East fed fears of supply disturbances, invalidating a startling ascent in U.S. inventories. Brent unrefined fates were at $72.16 a barrel at 0349 GMT, up 39 pennies, or 0.5%, from their last close. Brent quit for the day on Wednesday. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) unrefined fates were at $62.41 per barrel, up 39 pennies, or 0.6%, from their past settlement. WTI quit for the day in the last session. Investigators said oil was drawing support from elevated strains in the Middle East, with helicopters conveying U.S. staff from the American government office in Baghdad on Wednesday out of clear worry about apparent dangers from Iran. While the increase in U.S. inventories medium-term is topping costs, so too is vulnerability about whether OPEC and different makers will keep up into the second 50% of the year supply cuts that have helped costs over 30% so far in...