World oil prices hit record highs
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World oil prices scaled record peaks last night, rising on concern over disruptions to supply from strike-hit producers Nigeria and Norway.
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Oil prices rallied to a record high  above $55 a barrel on Friday on rising fears of a winter fuel  supply crunch and robust economic growth in China, the world's  number two user.
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Oil prices soared to new highs on both sides of the Atlantic today as traders fretted over increasingly short supplies. The cost of crude in New York broke through the
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Oil prices roared to fresh record highs  on Thursday as the U.S. government reported another fall in  heating fuel stocks ahead of winter.
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The price of oil has continued its sharp rise overnight, closing at a record high. The main contract in New York, light sweet crude for delivery next month, has closed at a record $US46.75 a barrel - up 70 cents on yesterday&#39;s close.
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NEW YORK, October 12  - World crude oil prices continued their upward rally today above $54 per barrel, rising to new record high levels for the sixth consecutive day.
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Oil prices surge past $70, hitting their highest level in 10 months on concerns about short-term supply.
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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 struck a fresh record high above $47 a barrel on Thursday as fresh evidence of demand growth in China and India underlined how rising appetite for oil is straining the world&#39;s supply system.
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World oil prices hit new records above $50 a barrel Tuesday amid fears that problems in oil-producing nations mean that oil supplies may not meet strong demand.
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Oil prices hit record highs on  Thursday, fueling gains in some energy stocks, but fears that  high power costs will dent household incomes, raise firms'  expenses and hurt global growth weighed on Asian share markets.
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LONDON: World oil prices surged into new record territory above $50 a barrel Tuesday as traders took fright at a multitude of supply threats, including unrest in Nigeria and recent hurricanes.
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The threat of a lock-out by Norwegian shipowners which would halt production at the world&#39;s third-biggest crude producer has sent oil prices to record highs.
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By Richard Mably LONDON  - London crude prices hit record highs on Monday as Nigeria emerged as the new focus of worries about supply security on world oil markets.
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Oil prices hit a fresh intraday record high Wednesday, passing $80 a barrel for the first time ever, after the government said supplies of crude oil fell far more than expected.
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THE cost of oil soared to a record $US49.64 a barrel today as unrest in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia alarmed traders. Oil futures jumped to their highest closing price on record on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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The price of Brent crude oil struck an historic peak of 86.28 dollars per barrel in trading here Thursday on renewed concerns over tight global energy supplies.