Oil prices little affected by strike
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Oil prices slipped below $69 a barrel yesterday after a report that a strike in Nigeria hasn't affected oil exports from Africa's largest crude producer alleviated the market's supply concerns.
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Oil prices held firm on Friday,  shrugging off a U.S. government move to lend out some strategic  crude stocks as traders said the amounts were small and that  supply worries remained.
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Oil prices were little changed on Monday as investors focused on Asian stock market gains, setting aside for now worries of a potential U.S. economic recession that had knocked prices 3 percent lower late last week.
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Oil stayed near $63 a barrel on  Friday, weighed down by bulging natural gas and heating oil  inventories in the United States and the suspension of an oil  workers' strike in Nigeria.
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Crude oil prices rose Friday amid worries about supply after Nigeria's powerful oil unions went on strike and gunmen kidnapped six oil workers in the nation's south. Concern about more tensions with Iran was also a factor.
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Oil was steady on Thursday, hovering  nearly $2 shy of its record high of $89 a barrel as one OPEC  minister raised the prospect of another output increase and  U.S. data showed rising inventories and weak demand.
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Oil prices eased but held over $76 on  Monday, as expectations OPEC will maintain supply curbs on  Tuesday countered weak U.S. jobs data that raised concerns of a  recession in the world&#39;s top consumer.
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Oil prices eased on Tuesday as milder  weather in the immediate term quelled concerns about thin fuel  stocks, though the market remained nervous about possible  supply disruption in the Middle East and Russia.
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Crude near $53 a barrel level as Nigeria and Norway set strikes, bombings in Egypt, Paris. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Oil prices see-sawed Friday, getting closer to the $53 a barrel level, as labor strife in Nigeria
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Oil prices hovered around flat on  Tuesday as milder weather in the immediate term eased concerns  about thin fuel stocks, but worries about possible supply  disruption in the Middle East and Russia limited selling.
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Crude oil in New York was little changed after falling yesterday for the first time in four sessions as forecast mild weather and rising inventories eased concern that demand would outpace supplies of heating oil in winter.
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Unions began a four-day strike against rising fuel prices in Nigeria on Monday, helping drive world oil prices to record highs even though shipments from Africa&#39;s top producer were unaffected.
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Oil prices eased on Monday after  rebels in Nigeria withdrew a threat to target oil operations,  but lingering concerns over stretched supplies ahead of winter  kept prices close to $50 a barrel.
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TORONTO - World crude prices eased Thursday after hurricane Ivan passed over the US Gulf Coast&#39;s oil refineries and drilling platforms without causing serious damage.
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Oil prices fall despite concerns about Iran's nuclear ambitions, as a storm looks set to leave US oil installations untouched.
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Crude oil prices were flat Monday, after briefly touching $49 a barrel Friday, amid a spate of record contract highs. The benchmark US crude added 2 cents to $47.
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A four-day national strike has begun in Nigeria in protest at a 25% increase in the cost of oil. Oil executives in Nigeria said they were confident there would be no immediate disruption to exports.