Oil hits record above $79
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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 shot to an all-time high above $92 a barrel on Friday as the tumbling dollar and Nigerian output disruptions helped extend a rally that has lifted prices nearly 30 percent since August.
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Oil prices pushed above $49 a barrel  on Monday, approaching record levels as worries about the  stability of supplies from Iraq, Nigeria and Russia compounded  concerns over low fuel stocks ahead of winter.
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NEW YORK -- Oil prices have moved to fresh record highs of almost $47 a barrel on concerns about potential supply disruptions in Russia and Iraq.
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NEW YORK - Oil prices reached record highs for the seventh straight session yesterday after refineries in California and Texas said they had new outages and the government reported surprisingly large declines in oil inventories.
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NEW YORK - Oil prices climbed to within a dollar of a new record on Wednesday after the US government reported a big decline in oil stockpiles because of disruptions from Hurricane Ivan.
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Oil exceeded $79 a barrel today after OPECâs modest output increase failed to allay winter supply concerns as dealers focused on tight inventories in the United States.
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Oil prices struck another record high on Thursday and remained supported above $47 by a fall in US crude stockpiles and threats by insurgents in Iraq against oil facilities.
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Oil prices hit another new record after an unexpected fall in US crude stockpiles adds to winter supply concerns.
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Oil prices have hit a new record near $51 a barrel as a prolonged US production outage following Hurricane Ivan attracted fresh speculative buying.
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Oil prices jumped to a new record  high near $47 on Monday with traders on tenterhooks for the  result of Venezuela's weekend referendum and Iraq's exports  again disrupted by a Shi'ite uprising in the south.
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Crude oil prices passed $49 per barrel today, striking fresh record levels amid heightened concern about supplies in Iraq.
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Oil rose to an all-time high of $80.20 on Thursday after Hurricane Humberto forced the closure of some U.S. Gulf refiners and stoked concerns of fuel shortages this winter.
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Crude reaches $51.48 a barrel as the damage from Hurricane Ivan lingers in the Gulf of Mexico. LONDON  - Oil prices streaked to a record high above $51 a barrel Wednesday as speculators drove up prices
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Crude oil rose to a record $49.74 a barrel in New York amid concern rebel attacks in Nigeria will reduce production and US refiners will struggle to replenish supplies disrupted by Hurricane Ivan.
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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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Oil slid towards $79 a barrel on Friday, as a hurricane subsided in the Gulf of Mexico, though prices held near the previous day's record high on supply worries ahead of peak winter demand.