Oil prices close to record highs
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Oil prices hovered just below Monday&#39;s record peaks in Asian trade, amid continued worries over tight supplies. US light sweet crude was worth $53.
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NEW YORK - Oil prices reached a new high yesterday before retreating to close below Thursday&#39;s record level, after the Iraqi insurgency increased its pressure on the country&#39;s oil infrastructure and traders feared that growing unrest might interrupt crude ...
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Oil prices set a new record today on concerns over tight winter heating fuel supplies and news that a strike in Nigeria could put some crude exports on hold.
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World oil prices have shot to record highs as concern grows about even more expensive fuel at the petrol pumps. In London, Brent North Sea crude oil for delivery in November surpassed $50 a barrel for the first time in the contract&#39;s 16-year history.
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Oil jumped to a record high near $94 a barrel on Monday as stormy weather disrupted supplies from giant exporter Mexico and the dollar wallowed near record lows.
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Global crude oil prices, which shot up to record highs on Monday, continued to rule at the same level of close to $54 a barrel. Following the nationwide strike that began in Nigeria to protest against high
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Oil prices surged to new record highs  again Tuesday, taking U.S. crude above $54, with global  supplies hounded by outages that are thwarting efforts to build  winter heating fuel inventories.
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Oil prices set new record highs above  $54 a barrel for U.S. crude Tuesday, with global supplies  hounded by outages that are thwarting efforts to build winter  heating oil inventories.
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Oil prices hit another record on  Friday, trading as high as $53.40 a barrel, on supply worries  ahead of a planned oil worker strike in Nigeria and delays in  post-Hurricane Ivan U.S. output recovery efforts.
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Oil prices have neared last week&#39;s record high after bouncing back above the $50-a-barrel mark despite a peace deal between rebel gangs in Nigeria.
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London - Oil prices roared to new record highs yesterday, within a whisker of $51 a barrel, on worries about supplies from the Gulf of Mexico, where almost 30 percent of production remains shut.
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Oil climbed to settle near $61 a barrel yesterday, the highest closing price this year, after the government reported large drops in gasoline and heating oil inventories.
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Oil prices pushed above &#36;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 around $51 per barrel on Wednesday, hovering near record highs amid the sluggish recovery in US Gulf oil production and an anticipated decline in key winter fuel stocks, dealers said.
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Oil jumped to a record high past $93 a barrel on Monday, as stormy weather disrupted supplies from giant exporter Mexico and the dollar wallowed near record lows.
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Crude reaches $51.48 a barrel as the damage from Hurricane Ivan lingers in the Gulf of Mexico. LONDON  - Oil prices streaked to a record high above $51 a barrel Wednesday as speculators drove up prices
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Oil prices are holding near historic highs over $53 a barrel, with global supplies hounded by outages that were thwarting efforts to build US heating oil inventories ahead of the winter.