Oil holds firm above $44
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Oil prices held firm Friday after pipeline sabotage in northern Iraq kept up supply fears that have revived a powerful price rally.
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Oil prices held firm on Friday after leaping almost $2 a day earlier on news US 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 firm Friday after leaping almost $2 a day earlier on news US crude stocks sank to a five-month low last week and distillate fuels barely grew ahead of winter.
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High-flying oil prices held above $54 a  barrel on Tuesday as concern lingered over the thin state of  heating oil supplies ahead of the northern winter.
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Oil prices steadied above $45 a barrel on Thursday, attempting to put a floor under a 7.4 percent tumble after a big increase in US heating oil stocks eased worries of a winter supply squeeze.
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Oil prices rose Tuesday but stayed within the range the market has maintained since early October.
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Oil prices held firm, close to $47 a  barrel on Wednesday after U.S. data showed the disruption  caused by Hurricane Ivan had eaten into fuel stocks.
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Oil prices held near $45 on Wednesday  after the U.S. government said that crude stocks shrank to a  five-month low last week as refineries ran hard to meet demand.
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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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Crude oil futures jumped toward $44 a barrel Tuesday as traders appeared to remain concerned about tight supplies of heating oil ahead of the government's next petroleum supply report and as colder weather approached the U.S. 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 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.
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Oil prices ticked higher on Tuesday,  holding above $42 a barrel as dealers awaited signs of any  renewed cold snap that would revive demand for winter heating  fuels in the United States.
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Oil prices held firm on Tuesday on  concerns about another cold snap in the United States and  possible supply disruption in the Middle East and Russia.
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Oil prices held firm on Monday, clinging to gains made in the last week as the key heating oil consuming region of the U.S. Northeast braced for a cold snap that could test low winter fuel supplies.
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Oil prices held firm on Tuesday on concerns about another cold snap in the United States and possible supply disruption in the Middle East and Russia.
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Oil prices held steady near $47 a barrel  on Wednesday a day after setting yet another record when the  United States, the world's biggest oil consumer, said inflation  had stayed in check despite rising energy costs.