Oil Hits Record $51.80 a Barrel
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Oil prices neared $52 for U.S. crude on  Wednesday, fueled by the impact of Hurricane Ivan on U.S.  winter inventories.
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Oil prices hit a record high Thursday of more than $90 a barrel after reports indicated that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has no plans to increase production.
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Oil  breaches the $81 a barrel mark on worries about rising demand amid constrained supply.
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Oil soared to a record near $81 a barrel on Monday on worries that global energy supplies could shrink to critical levels this winter heating season due to strong demand growth.
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Crude oil prices reached a record high of $47.04 (US) a barrel in pre-market trading Wednesday in New York on lingering concerns about supply from Iraq and Russia.
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PARIS Oil prices hit a new record of nearly $51 a barrel in New York Tuesday as traders turned their attention to the Gulf of Mexico, where production is still suffering delays caused by Hurricane Ivan.
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PARIS The price of oil, which has been inexorably rising for the past two years, finally broke through the $50-a-barrel mark Tuesday, reaching a new milestone as some analysts warned that there was nothing to stop prices from rising even further.
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Oil prices struck a fresh record high  above $47.50 a barrel on Thursday as fresh evidence of demand  growth in China and India underlined how rising appetite for  oil is straining the world's supply system.
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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 prices soared to another record high of almost 55 US dollars a barrel on Thursday as Washington reported another fall in heating fuel stocks before winter.
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NEW YORK - A fresh surge in oil prices set a new trading record and threatened to push past $50 per barrel Monday, unnerving investors and sending stocks lower.    After setting a new all-time record settlement price of $48.88 on Friday, oil continued its march higher on Monday, creating new worries on Wall Street that the slowdown in profits and the economic recovery would extend through the end of the year due to high energy costs...
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Brent crude, London's benchmark oil price, sets a new record of $47.42 a barrel in the face of US production problems.
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Oil prices rose to record highs on  Monday, pushing crude in London above $50 for the first time  and extending a relentless rise that has added around 65  percent to the cost of crude this year.
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Oil hit a record high above $79 a barrel  on Wednesday, propelled by an unexpectedly large drop in U.S.  crude oil stocks that coincided with only a small output  increase from OPEC ahead of peak winter demand.
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Crude oil prices hit a record yesterday, briefly topping $80 a barrel as the Energy Department reported an unexpectedly sharp drop in U.S. inventories, a hurricane warning closed the Houston Ship Channel and oil traders discounted the significance of OPEC's announced plan to slightly raise its ou...
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The price of oil finally broke through the $50-a-barrel mark today, a milestone never seen before.
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Crude oil futures traded near a record after rising above $51 a barrel yesterday on concern hurricane damage to production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico will keep supplies from rising enough to meet winter demand.