Crude Prices Retain Solid Tone
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Crude futures were little changed in Asian trade Monday, holding onto sharp gains that came Friday amid a resurgence of jitters about a possible supply crunch over the coming winter months.
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Oil prices held strong on Friday not far  below $55 as traders worried time is running out to top up low  heating oil inventories before winter.
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Oil held steady on Friday, hovering at about $99 a barrel, after falling the day before as traders took profits from a record rally that saw crude prices spike to over $100 a barrel.
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Oil held steady below $91 on Tuesday, supported by hopes of a fresh cut in U.S. interest rates due to its fragile economy, coupled with forecasts for a draw in American distillate stocks and OPEC to maintain output levels.
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Oil prices held firm above &#36;47 a barrel as worries about a possible cut to OPEC production curbed fears of a slowdown in second-quarter demand.
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Crude oil prices stay close to record levels at more than $51 a barrel, amid production problems in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Oil prices held steady above &#36;53 a barrel on Wednesday as worries over a winter supply crunch countered expectations that high fuel costs would curb growth in petroleum demand next year.
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Oil prices held firm above $47 a  barrel as worries about a possible cut to OPEC production  curbed fears of a slowdown in second-quarter demand.
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Oil prices held steady near &#36;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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World oil prices stood firm on Thursday,  holding onto near-$2 per barrel gains made the previous session  when U.S. inventory data showed commercial crude stocks falling  to their lowest in five months.
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Oil prices held firm above $41 a barrel  on Tuesday as colder weather in the U.S. brought temperatures  more into line with seasonal norms, spurring heating oil  buying.
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U.S. oil prices were steady on Thursday, holding gains of nearly &#36;2 from a day earlier after a U.S. government report showed crude oil stocks falling to their lowest level in five months.
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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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World oil prices held firm on Friday  after pipeline sabotage in northern Iraq kept up supply fears  that have revived a powerful price rally.
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Crude oil prices in New York stayed higher Tuesday after passing 50 dollars per barrel as Nigerian rebels threatened oil output and Hurricane Ivan slashed production in the US Gulf of Mexico.
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Oil prices held steady on Tuesday after falling 2 percent a day earlier and were set for further falls in anticipation of higher US crude stocks despite concerns over disruptions to Iraqi oil flow.
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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.