Oil rose on Nigeria strike-call
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Oil rose as Nigeria, the world top oil exporter, sees the call for a strike later this month. December crude oil lifted 24 cents to $52.
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A general strike gripped Nigeria on Wednesday, posing the first significant test for the country&#39;s new president and putting oil markets on edge over supplies from one of the world&#39;s top crude exporters.
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Brent crude futures on the London oil market reached USD50 a barrel today as Nigerian oil workers went on strike. Nigerian unions launched a four-day general strike to protest rising fuel prices, but oil shipments
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Oil rose to $71 a barrel on Friday, near  a nine-month high, as a strike in Nigeria threatened more of  the country&#39;s output and Iran remained defiant over its nuclear  program.
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Oil prices rebounded from an eight-month low on Wednesday after violence flared up between militants and government troops in oil exporter Nigeria.
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Oil futures prices rose slightly Monday despite assurances from Middle East countries that they were committed to keeping the market well supplied as a strike began in Africa&#39;s largest exporter of crude.
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LAGOS, Nigeria A union leader in Nigeria is threatening to prolong a four-day nationwide strike that has helped push world oil prices to record highs.
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Oil future prices climbed to a new high in New York on Monday as a strike began in NigeriaâAfrica&#39;s largest exporter of crude oil.
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Oil futures prices advanced to a new high Monday as a strike began in Africa&#39;s largest exporter of crude, exacerbating global supply concerns at a time of strong demand and reduced
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Nigeria&#39;s main umbrella union has said it will go ahead with a general strike in Africa&#39;s top oil producer on Monday to protest against rising domestic fuel prices.
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Crude oil prices rose Friday amid worries about supply after Nigeria's powerful oil unions went on strike and gunmen kidnapped six oil workers in the nation's south. Concern about more tensions with Iran was also a factor.
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Business & money: Nigerian strike and Iran worries add to pressure as cost of crude oil rises to its highest level this year.
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LAGOS: A four-day general strike over rising fuel prices has begun in Nigeria, Africa&#39;s largest oil producer. The largest trade union grouping in the country, the Nigerian Labour Congress, said more strikes
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NEW YORK -- Oil prices rose above $70 a barrel yesterday, as persistently high fuel demand and concerns about possible supply disruptions in the Middle East and Nigeria offset news of increasing US inventories.
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Oil rose towards $60 a barrel on Friday, drawing strength from a disruption to supply in Nigeria and as a fall in the U.S. dollar boosted other commodities.
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LAGOS, Nigeria - With world oil prices surging to new highs, union leaders in Nigeria imposed a four-day strike yesterday across this volatile West African nation to protest the rising cost of fuel at home, shutting down huge swathes of the commercial
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Oil prices rose to record highs Monday  near $50 a barrel for U.S. crude as Nigeria emerged as the  latest focus for worries about supply in an already tight  worldwide energy market.