Oil hits record above $92 on weak dollar, Nigeria
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Oil prices shot to an all-time high above $92 a barrel on Friday as the tumbling dollar and Nigerian output disruptions helped extend a rally that has lifted prices nearly 30 percent since August.
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Oil prices struck a fresh record above  $48 a barrel on Thursday, spurred higher by renewed violence in  Iraq and fresh evidence that strong demand growth in China and  India has not been slowed yet by higher energy costs.
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Oil prices surged to new record highs on  Monday near $50 for U.S. crude as Nigeria emerged as the latest  focus for worries about supply security on world energy  markets.
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Oil prices approach record highs as the weak dollar and more worries about supply inflate prices.
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Oil prices struck a fresh record on  Thursday, spurred higher by renewed violence in Iraq and fresh  evidence that strong demand growth in China and India has not  been slowed yet by higher energy costs.
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Oil surged to a record high above $81 a barrel on Tuesday, drawing strength from concerns of a winter supply squeeze in the world's top consumer where an anticipated interest rate cut is calming recession fears.
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PARIS Crude oil prices rose to a record Thursday, reaching $53 for the first time amid continuing disruption to US production and a threat to Nigerian output from worker unrest.
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NEW YORK -- Oil futures rose to a new record of $100.09 a barrel Thursday after the government reported a larger-than-expected decline in crude oil inventories and an unexpected rise in heating oil supplies.
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LAGOS - Nigerian unions began a four-day strike on Monday, helping drive world oil prices to record highs although shipments from Africa&#39;s top producer were unaffected.
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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's output and Iran remained defiant over its nuclear program.
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As the euro rose above $1.42 to a new high against the dollar, the price of crude oil also hit a record, briefly surpassing $90 a barrel in after-hours electronic trading.
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Oil held firm within sight of its new $90 high on Friday as another slump in the U.S. dollar to a record low and rising fears over pre-winter fuel stocks lent support to an over 13 percent surge in under two weeks.
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Oil prices held above $53 a barrel yesterday, setting a record, on lingering concerns about winter fuel supplies in the United States, operational snags in the Gulf of Mexico, and labor strife in petroleum-rich Nigeria.
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Oil vaulted to a record $100 a barrel on Wednesday as violence in Nigeria, tight energy stockpiles and a weaker dollar triggered a surge of speculative buying, dealers said.
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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 hit a fresh record high of &#36;75.70 a  barrel on Friday after a U.S. government report showed strong  fuel demand in the world&#039;s top oil consumer.
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Oil  prices ease after hitting $100 a barrel as the weak dollar and violence in Nigeria and Algeria boost prices.