Iraq to up fuel imports for 2006
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Iraq plans to spend $800m to the end of 2006 on importing oil to prevent a fuel shortage, says the oil ministry.
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Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil futures rose to a record, surpassing $49 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, on concern clashes in southern Iraq between US troops and Shiite Muslim militiamen may cut Iraqi exports.
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Global oil prices raced to fresh  highs on Friday with U.S. crude approaching $49, driven by  escalating violence in Iraq and unabated demand growth from  China and India.
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HOLLAND, Mich.  - Faced with mounting violence in  Iraq, the Bush administration plans on Tuesday to propose  shifting $3.46 billion from Iraqi water, power and other  reconstruction projects to improve security, boost oil output  and prepare for elections scheduled for January.
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Oil prices climbed nearly a dollar on Monday, moving above &#36;46 a barrel on escalating sabotage at Iraqi oil facilities and the risk that a U.S. cold spell would strain thin winter fuel supplies.
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Oil prices have pushed above $49 a barrel, approaching record levels as worries about the stability of supplies from Iraq, Nigeria and Russia compound concerns over low fuel stocks ahead of winter.
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Crude oil may rise for a sixth week, after reaching a record $55 a barrel in New York, on concern supply cuts from Norway, Nigeria or Iraq may deter refiners from building winter fuel inventories, a Bloomberg survey shows.
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Congress is set to increase fuel mileage requirements for automobiles and SUVs for the first time in 32 years and President Bush has signaled he will accept the new mandates on the auto industry.
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Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil futures in New York rose to a record after a report showed near-record imports aren&#39;t helping US oil inventories keep pace with demand and as fighting in Iraq raised concern about its ability to boost exports.
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The independent panel investigating alleged corruption in the multibillion-dollar U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq released the names of 248 companies on Thursday that received Iraqi oil and 3,545 companies that exported goods to Saddam Hussein's government.
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Washington -- The US force in Iraq is about to expand to its highest level of the war. The Pentagon says the force of 138,000 today will swell to about 150,000 by the middle of next month.
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Iraq's oil exports rose 9.2 percent last year, the Oil Ministry announced Thursday, largely because improved security allowed pumping to resume through a pipeline from northern oil fields.
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According to the U.N.-ordered inquiry led by Paul Volcker, these are the top 10 countries that purchased oil from Iraq under the oil-for-food program from 1996 until 2003:
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PARIS, Oct 22  - The French government will raise gas prices by nearly 10 percent on November 1 owing to surging oil prices, the French daily Le Parisien reported Friday.
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Iraqi oil output has risen in a "dramatic" way in recent months, hitting its highest monthly level in about 3 1/2 years in November, the International Energy Agency said Friday.
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The U.S. military will boost its  troops in Iraq to 150,000 this month, the highest level since  the war began in March 2003, in order to improve security for  scheduled Jan 30. elections, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.
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The U.S. military will boost its troops in Iraq to 150,000 this month, the highest level since the war began in March 2003, in order to improve security for scheduled Jan 30. elections, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.