Crude Oil Rises as OPEC Ministers Call for a Production Cut
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Crude oil rose for a second day on speculation that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will call for a production cut at a meeting tomorrow.
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Oil prices rose for the second day in a row on Thursday as several OPEC ministers called for the cartel to stop producing more oil than its official target.
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Oil prices held strong Friday after a  $2, five percent surge higher as OPEC ministers weighed the  timing of a possible further output cut for the spring.
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Oil rose above $63 on Thursday after a   report that key OPEC producers, including Saudi Arabia, had   agreed unofficially to cut production to stem falling prices.
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Oil prices rose to near $63 a barrel on Friday, after BP Plc shut in output at an oil field in Alaska and OPEC members Nigeria and Venezuela pledged to cut production.
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Oil ministers of Opec countries say they have the capacity to pump more oil after crude prices hit fresh highs last week.
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: Opec on Wednesday lifted oil supply quotas by one million barrels a day, 4 per cent, in a renewed bid to force down stubbornly high world crude prices.
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Oil rose back to near $59 a barrel on Wednesday after Kuwait said it may join other OPEC countries in cutting output if prices continue their three-month slide.
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Oil prices added to strong gains on  Thursday, spurred by persistent OPEC talk of a cut in supplies  that could drain healthy U.S. stockpiles before summer.
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Crude futures rose Friday amid market jitters over possible production cuts by OPEC at their meeting in Egypt, as well as fears that winter weather will put pressure on supplies.
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OPEC ministers yesterday agreed to increase their ceiling for oil production to help bring down stubbornly high prices in a decision that traders and analysts dismissed as symbolic because the cartel already is pumping more than its new target.
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OPEC has extended a message to calm down to the oil consuming countries following an agreement by its countries in Vienna to increase the ceiling of oil production by 4%, which means an increase of one million barrels a day, in the hope to reduce prices.
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Oil prices rose on Monday as the OPEC  cartel said it might cut supply as the Northern Hemisphere  winter draws to a close.
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OIL prices rose from three- month lows yesterday as political unrest overseas renewed concerns about supplies, while some Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries members started talking about cutting production to protect their incomes.
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Oil jumped a dollar to above $60 on Thursday after OPEC officials said the producer group will cut output by 1 million barrels per day as soon as possible to prop up prices.
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Crude prices rose Wednesday ahead of US petroleum inventory data and an OPEC meeting this week at which the group could decide on a production cut.
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London - Crude oil prices yesterday rose from a three-month low on disruptions to supplies from Nigeria and Norway and comments by Opec officials that output from the oil producers&#39; cartel might be reduced.