Oil rises 2 percent, underpinned by U.S. inventory drop and dollar

By Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters) - Oil rose 2 percent on Thursday, heading for its largest weekly gain in a month, after a surprisingly large drop in U.S. crude inventories emboldened investors ahead of next week's meeting between OPEC members and Russia to discuss supply. Brent crude futures rose 95 cents to $47.78 a barrel by 1345 GMT, up 4.3 percent so far this week and set for the largest one-week rise since mid-August. U.S. oil futures rose $1.09 to $46.43 a barrel.