Oil prices steadied below $90 a barrel after their sharpest decline in more than a week as recovering Middle East crude supplies offset uncertainty over U.S.-Iran ceasefire efforts. The 10-day average of Middle East crude exports reached 17.5 million barrels a day, or 98% of pre-war levels, according to JPMorgan analysts led by Natasha Kaneva, while Kpler said combined Saudi Arabian, United Arab Emirates and Iraqi exports recovered to nearly 13 million barrels a day. November Brent fell 1.8% to $103.43 a barrel before expiring, December Brent declined 1.8% to $96.11, and November West Texas Intermediate settled down $3.22, or 3.5%, at $89, after an earlier reported decline to $90.61. Saudi Arabia resumed East-West Pipeline flows at about half capacity, while the U.S. plans to release up to 40 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. U.S. crude inventories rose by 1 million barrels last week, but physical markets remained tight, with Middle East refined-product supplies at 58% of pre-war levels, a Kpler-estimated global crude deficit of 1 million to 2 million barrels a day and record tanker rates.