Oil prices down as strike ends
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Oil prices fell in light trading yesterday , eased by the end of a Nigerian oil workers' strike over the weekend.
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Oil prices ended lower on Tuesday on signs that high energy costs are slowing the economic growth that has fueled this year's sharp increase in world oil consumption.
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Oil prices slipped toward $54 a  barrel on Tuesday as traders breathed easier after a Norwegian  strike threat receded but remained anxious over the thin state  of global pre-winter heating oil supplies.
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Oil prices fell to four-month lows on Friday even though the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries moved to curb production above its official 27 million barrel-per-day output ceiling.
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Oil prices eased on Monday after rebels in Nigeria withdrew a threat to target oil operations, but lingering concerns over stretched supplies ahead of winter kept prices close to &#36;50.
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Oil stayed near $63 a barrel on  Friday, weighed down by bulging natural gas and heating oil  inventories in the United States and the suspension of an oil  workers' strike in Nigeria.
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Oil prices closed lower in New York trading on Wednesday for the first time in two weeks, down 39 US cents at $US49.51 a barrel, as concerns about Nigerian crude output eased and US oil inventories rose.
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LONDON - Oil prices eased on Monday as top world exporter Saudi Arabia slashed prices for its westbound crude sales in an effort to shift the large volumes it is offering to cool world markets.
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Oil prices edged lower on Wednesday as traders waited to see whether the first cold snap of the US winter had eaten into low heating fuel supplies.
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Oil prices slipped further below &#36;55 a barrel on Tuesday, breathing easier after a Norwegian strike threat receded but still anxious over the thin state of pre-winter heating oil supplies.
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London - Oil prices edged lower on Friday after a two-day rout that saw the value of crude drop 12 percent amid easing fears over a northern winter supply shortage, traders said.
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Oil prices fell on Monday after a Nigerian oil union strike that had threatened to further curtail shipments was suspended at the weekend, although the start of the U.S. summer driving season limited losses.
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Oil prices fall to a six-month low below $61 a barrel as the reduced tension over Iran calms markets.
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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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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 fell below $61 a barrel on Tuesday, extending a 3 percent drop in the previous session, as forecasts for a further build in fuel stocks in the United States offset slight cuts in OPEC output.
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Crude oil futures slipped yesterday as Norwegian officials ordered striking oil workers back on the job, preventing any more cuts in production from the third-largest global exporter of crude.