Supply worries lift oil near $50 US
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new yorkâCrude oil futures rose to almost $50 (US) a barrel yesterday as platforms in the Gulf of Mexico pumped at below-normal rates two weeks after Hurricane Ivan.
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Oil prices set a new record above $50  a barrel on Tuesday as a prolonged U.S. production outage  following Hurricane Ivan attracted fresh speculative buying.
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Oil prices rebounded Friday but remained below $50 US a barrel after declining four per cent over the past week due to rising US supplies of crude and natural gas.
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LONDON : Oil prices resumed their march towards 50 dollars in New York as peace talks in major producer Nigeria and an unexpected rise in US crude inventories failed to ease traders&#39; fears about supply.
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Oil prices surged to new record highs on Monday near $50 for US crude as Nigeria emerged as the latest focus for worries about supply security on world energy markets.
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Crude oil futures rose above $50 a barrel in New York on concern rebel attacks in Nigeria may reduce production while US inventories are near a 29-year low because of disruptions caused by Hurricane Ivan.
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Oil prices above $50 a barrel â-nd rising â - now starting to adversely affect the economy and consumers in ways that had not been happening only a few months ago.
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High-flying oil climbed back toward $50  a barrel on Thursday, with worries over the security of  Nigerian supply supporting prices despite a surprise build in  U.S. crude inventories.
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High-flying oil climbed back over $50 a  barrel on Thursday, with worries over the security of Nigerian  supply supporting prices despite a surprise build in U.S. crude  inventories.
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Oil prices rebounded Friday but remained below $50 a barrel after declining 4 percent over the past week due to rising US supplies of crude and natural gas.
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Oil prices rallied further on Monday,  clawing back toward $50 a barrel for U.S. crude on heightened  concerns over low supplies of winter heating fuels.
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Rallying oil prices climbed to within  a dollar of $50 a barrel early on Monday as a blizzard  enveloped the U.S. Northeast, boosting demand for heating oil.
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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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Crude-oil prices rebounded Friday but remained below $50 a barrel after declining 4 percent in the last week due to rising US supplies of crude and natural gas.
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U.S. crude oil futures hit a new  record on Tuesday at $50.01 a barrel as worries about the  stability of supplies from Iraq, Nigeria and Russia compounded  concerns over low fuel stocks ahead of peak winter demand.
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Oil prices briefly climbed back to $50  on Tuesday on supply outages in the North Sea and fears about  winter heating fuel supplies.
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The price of oil settled above $50 a barrel for the first time Friday amid concerns over tight supplies globally and hurricane-related production problems in the Gulf of Mexico.