Oil slips, but still trades above $49
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Light crude dips but remains less than a dollar shy of an all-time high reached earlier this week. LONDON  - Oil prices remained just below record highs on Friday amid concern over possible conflict
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Oil steadied at below $69 a barrel on  Wednesday, hovering near its lowest in three and a half months  as dealers feared oil stocks may quickly build up now that the  northern hemisphere summer season has ended.
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SINGAPORE : Oil prices hovered just below US$50 a barrel in Asian trading on Tuesday as heating stocks for the northern winter remained the prime concern, dealers said.
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U.S. oil prices fell for a second session  on Tuesday on worries that high energy costs may crimp economic  growth, but crude remained firmly planted above $50 a barrel on  persistent fears of a winter supply crunch.
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Oil prices edged below $49 a barrel  on Wednesday as traders looked ahead to an expected build in  weekly U.S. inventory data that would help bolster the thin  supply cushion ahead of peak northern winter demand.
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Oil prices edged below $49 a barrel on  Wednesday as traders factored in expectations for petroleum  stock builds in weekly U.S. inventory data that would ease  supply worries ahead of peak northern winter demand.
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Oil prices drifted below $47 a barrel  early on Wednesday, well off recent peaks as traders braced for  another increase in U.S. crude oil inventories.
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Oil edged lower on Thursday, but kept within sight of the previous day's all-time high above $80, as investors stayed locked into the market for the long haul.
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Oil prices edged below &#36;49 a barrel on Wednesday as traders looked ahead to an expected build in weekly U.S. inventory data that would help bolster the thin supply cushion ahead of peak northern winter demand.
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Oil prices were little changed on  Thursday, holding above $43 a barrel despite latest data  showing rising stocks of winter heating fuels in the United  States as mild weather suppressed demand.
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Crude oil futures prices briefly dipped below $48 a barrel Tuesday on expectations that US oil supplies will continue to grow and that heating oil inventories will be adequate this winter.
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Oil prices pushed above $49 a barrel on Monday, approaching record levels as worries about the stability of supplies from Iraq, Nigeria and Russia compounded concerns over low fuel stocks ahead of winter.
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Oil prices held firm on Friday after  leaping almost $2 a day earlier as the U.S. government said  crude stocks sank for the sixth straight week and distillate  fuels barely grew ahead of winter.
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Crude oil futures traded below $49 US a barrel Monday following a steep runup on Friday that was prompted by persistent concerns about winter fuel supplies.
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Oil prices slipped further from record highs on Wednesday as traders locked in profits after the market's &#36;10 surge since mid-August.
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Oil steadied at below $69 a barrel on   Wednesday, hovering near its lowest in three and a half months   as dealers feared oil stocks may quickly build up now that the   northern hemisphere summer season has ended.
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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.