Oil hits record $80 on tight supply
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Crude oil prices vaulted to a record high $80 a barrel on Wednesday as dealers focused on tight inventories in top consumer the United States ahead of peak winter demand.
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Oil surged beyond $90 to a new peak on  Friday as tight fuel stocks ahead of winter and a softening  dollar spurred investor buying.
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Oil prices hit another record on  Friday, trading as high as $53.40 a barrel, on supply worries  ahead of a planned oil worker strike in Nigeria and delays in  post-Hurricane Ivan U.S. output recovery efforts.
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Oil prices struck a fresh record high above $47 a barrel on Thursday as fresh evidence of demand growth in China and India underlined how rising appetite for oil is straining the world&#39;s supply system.
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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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US oil prices reached a record $50 a barrel on Monday as Nigeria emerged as the latest focus for worries about supply in an already tight worldwide energy market.
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Oil fell on Friday after supply concerns and tight inventories pushed prices to a record above $80 a barrel for the third consecutive day.
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NEW YORK - Oil prices surged yesterday, rising to a record near $90 a barrel, as the falling dollar drew new foreign investors and speculators to dollar-denominated energy futures.
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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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Oil prices hit a fresh intraday record high Wednesday, passing $80 a barrel for the first time ever, after the government said supplies of crude oil fell far more than expected.
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Oil prices hit a record high Thursday of more than $90 a barrel after reports indicated that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has no plans to increase production.
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Oil prices jumped to record highs  above $54 on Tuesday as supply hitches hindered efforts to  build winter heating fuel inventories. They later shed over a  $1 a barrel as traders took profits from the surge.
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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 rose to record highs Monday near $50 a barrel for US crude as Nigeria emerged as the latest focus for worries about supply in an already tight worldwide energy market.
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ARIS, Aug. 20  Oil prices hit a new record today after the Iraqi insurgency increased its pressure on the country&#39;s oil infrastructure and traders feared growing unrest might interrupt crude exports.
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Oil prices hit a new record of 50.47 US dollars a barrel on Tuesday as rebels in Nigeria threatened oil output and hurricane Ivan slashed production in the Gulf of Mexico, despite Saudi Arabian pledge to increase output.
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The price of New York oil rose on Thursday, heading towards a new record high point above 82 dollars amid tight energy supplies in the United States, the world&#39;s biggest consumer of energy.