Oil Prices Hold Steady
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Oil prices held steady on Tuesday, supported by anxiety over Middle East and Russian supplies and forecasts for a chillier first quarter in the United States after a mild start to the winter.
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Crude oil futures were trading steady today as traders awaited a weekly snapshot of US petroleum inventories, especially of heating oil.
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World oil prices stood firm on Thursday,  holding onto near-$2 per barrel gains made the previous session  when U.S. inventory data showed commercial crude stocks falling  to their lowest in five months.
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Oil prices held firm above $55 a  barrel on Wednesday as traders braced for the start of the  northern winter with thin heating oil supplies.
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Oil held steady below $91 on Tuesday, supported by hopes of a fresh cut in U.S. interest rates due to its fragile economy, coupled with forecasts for a draw in American distillate stocks and OPEC to maintain output levels.
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Oil prices held steady above &#36;49 on Friday as market unease persisted over supply security in Nigeria, despite peace talks, while the world's richest nations suggested oil resources were scarcer than first thought.
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Oil prices held above $75 a barrel on Wednesday as traders awaited data that is expected to show U.S. crude stocks fell last week and an OPEC meeting next week where supply is likely to remain unchanged.
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Oil prices held steady near $47 on  Wednesday, a day after striking another record peak as U.S.  inflation stayed in check despite scorching energy costs and  ahead of weekly data expected to show a drop in crude stocks.
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Oil prices held firm on Friday after  leaping almost $2 a day earlier on news U.S. crude stocks sank  to a five-month low last week and distillate fuels barely grew  ahead of winter.
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Oil prices held strong on Friday not far below the &#36;55-a-barrel mark as traders worried time is running out to top up low heating oil inventories before winter.
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Oil prices held steady near &#36;47 on Wednesday, a day after striking another record peak as U.S. inflation stayed in check despite scorching energy costs and ahead of weekly data expected to show a drop in crude stocks.
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Oil prices were steady on Wednesday as  Hurricane Ivan's effect on crude output and refineries in the  Gulf of Mexico balanced OPEC's attempts to reassure traders  with a four percent output ceiling hike.
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Oil prices held firm just above $47 a  barrel on Friday, bolstered by a tightening outlook for market  fundamentals and sliding U.S. temperatures.
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SINGAPORE: Oil prices held steady yesterday near seven-week lows on forecasts of colder-than-normal weather in the USâ northeast.
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Oil prices held steady on Thursday as data showing stubbornly low U.S. heating fuel supplies ahead of winter stemmed a rout of nearly &#36;10 since late October.
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Oil prices held steady on Tuesday  after falling 2 percent a day earlier and were set for further  falls in anticipation of higher U.S. crude stocks despite  concerns over disruptions to Iraqi oil flow.
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Oil prices held steady above $48 on  Friday as the U.S. government said it would lend refiners crude  from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), but traders deemed  the loan too small to have a lasting impact.