Oil prices fall despite start of strike
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Oil prices fell from record peaks today, even as workers in major crude producer Nigeria launched a four-day general strike that risks disrupting supplies, dealers said.
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World oil prices ended lower on Monday  despite notching a record high earlier in the day as the  Norwegian government moved to end an oil workers' labor dispute  that threatened shipments from the world's third largest  exporter.
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Oil prices fell for a fifth consecutive day Thursday despite a sharp drop in Iraqi exports after pipelines were sabotaged - evidence that the bull market may have lost some steam.
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With the US presidential elections approaching, world oil prices appear to be going down. New York&#39;s main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in December, fell 26 cents to 49.
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Oil prices fell on Thursday on expectations that the United States might loan some crude to U.S. refiners from its strategic petroleum reserve after weather-related disruptions led to a big dip in supplies.
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Oil prices fell below $45 on Wednesday  dragged down by heavy losses on U.S. gasoline as summer driving  demand failed to meet expectations.
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Oil prices fell on Thursday as the U.S.  government considered whether to release crude from the U.S.  petroleum reserve after Hurricane Ivan sliced into supplies.
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Oil prices fell on Thursday as forecasts  of mild U.S. weather prompted traders to take profits from a  rally that has added over 30 percent to the cost of crude this  year.
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LONDON : Oil prices fell back as worries about the impact of tropical storm Frances subsided. The price of benchmark Brent North Sea crude oil for delivery in October lost 11 cents to 40.
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Oil prices fell on Friday as traders   questioned whether planned output cuts by OPEC members Nigeria   and Venezuela would be enough to stem a two-month slide in   prices.
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Oil prices fell on Monday after OPEC   agreed to keep pumping at high rates to ensure world consumers   were well-supplied despite a 20 percent slide in prices since   mid-July.
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Oil fell on Monday, extending the  previous session's decline on profit taking from record highs,  but hovered near $88 on simmering geo-political tensions and a  weak dollar.
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Oil prices fell Thursday, failing to top the $100-a-barrel mark, despite a larger-than-expected fall in crude inventories.
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Oil prices fell again Tuesday, with U.S. light crude sinking to about $53 a barrel, despite persistent supply worries and an attack on a key Iraqi pipeline.
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Oil prices fell by more than a dollar on  Friday as OPEC looked set to keep output unchanged at its  meeting this weekend and on forecasts for warmer weather in the  U.S. Northeast next week.
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Oil prices fall as it emerges that supply from Iraq will not be affected by a bomb blast and Opec's  members are already producing more oil.
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Oil prices fell in light trading yesterday , eased by the end of a Nigerian oil workers' strike over the weekend.