Oil Holds at $55, Braced for Winter
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Oil prices held firm around $55 a barrel  on Wednesday as traders braced for the start of the northern  winter with thin heating oil supplies.
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Oil prices held steady on Thursday as data showing stubbornly low U.S. heating fuel supplies ahead of winter stemmed a rout of nearly &#36;10 since late October.
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Oil prices head back toward record highs on concerns about supply ahead of the cold winter months.
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Oil prices held firm near $47 a barrel  on Friday, bolstered by a tightening outlook for market  fundamentals and sliding U.S. temperatures.
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Oil prices steadied on Friday, stemming heavy losses this week, with a bout of cold weather in the United States expected to keep up demand for heating fuels over the weekend.
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Oil prices roared up to fresh record  highs on Thursday to end near $55 a barrel, as the U.S.  government reported another fall in heating fuel stocks ahead  of winter.
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Crude oil prices briefly rose above 55 dollars a barrel today, as traders continue to worry about supply ahead of winter. Crude for November delivery hit 55 dollars, 33 cents
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Oil prices steadied on Friday,  stemming heavy losses this week, with a bout of cold weather in  the United States expected to keep up demand for heating fuels  over the weekend.
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Oil prices eased on Friday, but still  within sight of the $55-mark as traders feared time was running  out to top up low heating oil supplies before winter.
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Oil prices climbed Friday, closing above $55 a barrel for the first time, on worries that supplies will be stretched thin this winter while demand from China remains solid.
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Oil prices held firm on Monday, clinging  to gains made in the last week as the key heating oil consuming  region of the U.S. Northeast braced for a cold snap that could  test low winter fuel supplies.
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Oil prices held firm on Friday after leaping almost $2 a day earlier on news US crude stocks sank to a five-month low last week and distillate fuels barely grew ahead of winter.
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Oil prices held firm near six-week highs  on Friday after a six percent jump on Thursday driven by  concern that a looming U.S. cold snap will test low U.S. fuel  stocks.
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Oil prices broke above $55 a barrel on  Tuesday as concern lingered over thin world heating oil  supplies ahead of the northern winter.
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Oil prices rallied to a record above  $55 a barrel Monday on concerns over a winter fuel supply  crunch, and as traders took comments from a top U.S. official  to mean high prices have yet to really dent American demand.
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Oil prices held firm Friday after leaping almost $2 a day earlier on news US crude stocks sank to a five-month low last week and distillate fuels barely grew ahead of winter.
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Oil prices simmered near $55 a barrel on  Friday on rising fears of a winter fuel supply crunch and  robust but slowing economic growth in China, the world's number  two user.