Oil prices firm amid North Sea supply disruptions
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LONDON  - Oil prices firmed, rising briefly above 50 dollars in New York, supported by supply disruptions to operations in the North Sea, making markets nervous heading into the northern winter.
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Oil prices held steady on Thursday as data showing stubbornly low US heating fuel supplies ahead of winter stemmed a rout of nearly $10 since late October.
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LONDON - Oil prices held strong above $53 a barrel today as worries over a winter supply crunch countered expectations that high fuel costs would curb growth in petroleum demand next year.
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London - Oil prices fell Wednesday as Iraq resumed pumping crude through a key northern pipeline, though supply concerns remained amid a fresh hurricane threat, analysts said.
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World oil prices held firm on Friday after pipeline sabotage in northern Iraq kept up supply fears that have revived a powerful price rally.
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Oil prices eased on Friday as swelling  crude stockpiles countered worries over a cold snap in the U.S.  Northeast that is expected to keep furnaces fired up until the  middle of next week.
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Oil prices held firm around $51 per barrel on Wednesday, hovering near record highs amid the sluggish recovery in US Gulf oil production and an anticipated decline in key winter fuel stocks, dealers said.
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Oil prices held firm on Monday, clinging to gains made in the last week as the key heating oil consuming region of the U.S. Northeast braced for a cold snap that could test low winter fuel supplies.
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Oil prices held firm on Tuesday on concerns about another cold snap in the United States and possible supply disruption in the Middle East and Russia.
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Oil prices flirted with $46 a barrel  on Tuesday, firming on forecasts of a cold spell bearing down  on the U.S. Northeast heating oil market and continued supply  problems from big global producers.
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U.S. oil prices held above $46 a  barrel on Tuesday on worries of a major supply disruption at a  time when producers are pumping at full tilt to meet strong  demand.
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Oil prices steadied above &#36;48 a barrel on Wednesday as a cold snap in the U.S. Northeast overshadowed an expected build in crude and product inventories.
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Oil prices firmed after touching a  four-month low on Wednesday, as a government report showing  that U.S. supplies of heating oil rose only slightly last week  kept dealers on edge ahead of Friday's OPEC meeting.
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NEW YORK - Oil prices steadied on Tuesday, holding Monday&#39;s losses as forecasts for a swift end to this week&#39;s US cold snap eased worries over thin fuel stocks in the world&#39;s biggest energy consumer.
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Oil prices steadied on Tuesday after  steep losses as concern faded over potential supply shortfalls  ahead of winter and Nigerian unions called off a strike that  could have disrupted exports.
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Oil prices held firm, close to $47 a  barrel on Wednesday after U.S. data showed the disruption  caused by Hurricane Ivan had eaten into fuel stocks.
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Oil prices held firm Friday after leaping almost $2 a day earlier on news US crude stocks sank to a five-month low last week and distillate fuels barely grew ahead of winter.