Oil hits record over $80
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Oil hit an all-time high over $80 a barrel on Thursday after Hurricane Humberto forced the closure of some U.S. Gulf refiners, stoking supply concerns amid falling inventories in the world's top consumer.
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Oil hit a record high above $79 a barrel  on Wednesday, propelled by an unexpectedly large drop in U.S.  crude oil stocks that coincided with only a small output  increase from OPEC ahead of peak winter demand.
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Oil prices struck a fresh record on Thursday, spurred higher by renewed violence in Iraq and fresh evidence that strong demand growth in China and India has not been slowed yet by higher energy costs.
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The October contract for light, sweet crude finished at a record $80.09, up 18 cents on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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Oil prices soared to a new record above $50 yesterday as uncertainties over Nigerian output heightened worries of a severe supply disruption ahead of winter.
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Oil prices surged to record highs above  &#36;78 on Friday as global geopolitical storm clouds gathered,  with supply disruption in OPEC exporter Nigeria and tensions  across the Middle East driving crude into unchartered  territory.
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Oil hit an all-time high over $80 a barrel on Thursday after Hurricane Humberto forced the closure of some U.S. Gulf refiners, stoking concerns of fuel supply shortfalls.
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Oil jumped to a record high past $93 a barrel on Monday, as stormy weather disrupted supplies from giant exporter Mexico and the dollar wallowed near record lows.
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SINGAPORE -- Oil prices jumped to a trading record above $98 a barrel Wednesday amid expectations of declining U.S. supplies and following news of an attack on a Yemeni oil pipeline.
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Oil prices broke into fresh record  territory above $52 on Thursday on heightened concerns over  tight winter heating fuel supplies.
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Oil jumped to a record high near $94 a barrel on Monday as stormy weather disrupted supplies from giant exporter Mexico and the dollar wallowed near record lows.
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Oil futures have jumped to their highest closing on record on the New York Mercantile Exchange, rising 76 US cents to $US49.64 dollars a barrel, as unrest in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia alarmed traders.
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The price of New York oil hit a fresh record high of 80.20 dollars a barrel Thursday on trader worries that stormy weather could hamper energy production in the US Gulf of Mexico.
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Oil vaulted to a record $100 a barrel on Wednesday as geopolitical turmoil, tight energy stockpiles, and a weak dollar triggered a flood of speculative buying, dealers said.
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Oil rose above $87 a barrel on Thursday after two days of losses, as production shutdowns in Nigeria and the North Sea outweighed growing evidence of weaker demand in the world's top oil consumer, the United States.
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Oil prices hit fresh records on Monday, pushing London Brent crude above $50 for the first time and extending a relentless rise that has added around 65 percent to the cost of crude this year.
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Oil vaulted to a record $100 a barrel on Wednesday as geopolitical turmoil, tight energy stockpiles in consumer countries, and a weak dollar triggered a flood of speculative buying, dealers said.