Update 8: Crude Oil Futures Tread Water Near $50
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Crude oil futures hovered near $50 a barrel Tuesday ahead of key weekly US petroleum inventory data, which traders expect to show a rise in distillate stocks for a second straight week.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AFX) -- Crude-oil futures climbed back toward $54 a barrel, with traders eagerly awaiting weekly petroleum data to find out how the recovery in the Gulf of Mexico has affected US oil and natural-gas inventories.
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Crude oil futures briefly climbed back  over $50 a barrel on Thursday, with worries over the security  of Nigerian supplies supporting prices despite a surprise  increase in U.S. crude inventories.
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Oil prices stepped back from this  week's eight percent rout on Friday, holding well above $50 a  barrel as analysts said it would take more than China's mild  interest rate rise to stem demand growth from the world's  second largest user.
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WASHINGTON -- Oil futures retreated below $50 a barrel yesterday, though analysts said there is enough uncertainty about geopolitics and weather -- and the industry's ability to quickly boost crude output -- to keep prices from plummeting any time soon.
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Oil lingered above the $50 per barrel threshold in Asian trade Wednesday, breaching the mark for the second straight day ahead of key US crude stockpile data.
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Crude oil futures steadied at under $46 a barrel Thursday, after healthy US inventory data eased fears about a supply crunch over the Northern Hemisphere winter.
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Crude oil surpassed $50 a barrel and was close to a record in New York after hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico curbed US production for more than three weeks, slowing the accumulation of supplies to meet winter needs.
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Oil prices edged lower in thin early  trade on Wednesday, keeping within sight of $50 a barrel on  supply worries in the United States, where weekly data is  expected to show a draw in distillate inventories.
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Crude oil futures in New York gained Thursday for the ninth time in 10 days, but again failed to settle above $50, as questions remained about the progress of truce talks in Nigeria and the recovery of production in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Crude oil futures rose to within a quarter of $50 a barrel yesterday after a gas leak shut down a North Sea oil production platform, and as traders weighed concerns about heating oil supplies against the fact that temperatures have been mild in recent weeks.
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Oil prices hugged $50 a barrel on Wednesday on worries of potential supply disruptions and with US crude inventories expected to fall due to the lingering effects of Hurricane Ivan.
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High-flying oil prices neared $50 a  barrel on Monday as a blizzard enveloped the U.S. Northeast,  draining U.S. heating oil stocks.
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: The price of crude oil fell for a third straight day today, heading toward the US$50 mark on an encouraging midweek US petroleum stocks report and China&#39;s latest moves to cool its economy.
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Oil prices inched closer to $50 a barrel Thursday even as the Bush administration considered tapping the nation&#39;s emergency stockpile of crude on behalf of refiners whose supply was disrupted by Hurricane Ivan.
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Singapore: Crude futures held steady below $45 a barrel today after steep overnight falls that came as the US Government reported a surprise build in stocks of oil and distillates.
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NEW YORK -- Crude oil futures briefly climbed back over $50 a barrel yesterday, with worries over the security of Nigerian supplies supporting prices despite a surprise increase in US crude inventories.