Oil Holds Near $53 High
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Oil prices held near record highs on  Friday even though oil unions in OPEC member Nigeria said a  two-day wildcat strike would pass without any impact on  exports.
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Oil hovered near $75 on Wednesday but remained within sight of an all-time high ahead of U.S. data expected to show a further tightening of crude stocks in the world's top consumer.
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WASHINGTON -- Oil prices reached $53 US a barrel yesterday and have advanced more than 20 per cent in a month, largely because hurricane-hobbled output in the Gulf of Mexico has not been restored as quickly as expected.
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Crude oil continued to move upwards to fresh highs in Asian trade today, hitting a new mark of $52.53 US per barrel as the market took stock of a possible strike in Nigeria and the sluggish revival of output in key Gulf of Mexico oil
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Oil steadied on Friday, having hit a   five-month low under $67 a barrel after U.S. fuel supplies rose   and BP said it might fully restore the largest U.S. oilfield   sooner than expected.
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OPEC will keep its oil output near a   25-year high despite a $13 fall in the crude price since   mid-July, ministers said on Monday, but the group left the door   open to a supply cut before the end of the year.
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Though oil prices have eased slightly, they remain close to record high points approaching $55 a barrel. World oil prices have more than doubled from about $20 a barrel in New York at the start
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SINGAPORE: Oil prices stayed on the boil above $53 a barrel on Monday, bolstered by persistent anxiety over Opec member Nigeria and the nearly month-long loss of a quarter of US Gulf of Mexico production, traders said.
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Oil steadied above $64 on Thursday as   bargain hunters stepped in after a month-long rout and found   some support in a renewed U.S. push for immediate sanctions on   Iran, the world's fourth biggest crude exporter.
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Crude oil futures were up to $93.53 a barrel at the close of exchange trading today, up $1.67 from Friday.
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Crude oil futures rallied back above $53 a barrel Wednesday after a pipeline explosion in Mexico heightened supply concerns. Traders were also nervously monitoring developments in Nigeria, where
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Oil prices scaled new heights at $53 for  U.S. crude Thursday on concerns over tight winter heating fuel  supplies and an unexpected strike at Nigerian oil terminals.
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Crude oil may rise from a record US$53 a barrel over concerns that imports will not make up for a drop in Gulf of Mexico output caused by Hurricane Ivan.
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Oil prices held above $75 a barrel on Wednesday as traders awaited data that is expected to show U.S. crude stocks fell last week and an OPEC meeting next week where supply is likely to remain unchanged.
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Oil held near its lifetime high of $100 a barrel on Thursday, fuelled by expectations of another fall in U.S. fuel stocks and a struggling dollar.
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Oil prices remain around the $82-a-barrel mark, over fears a storm may develop in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Oil prices held strong on Friday not far below $55 as traders worried time is running out to top up low heating oil inventories before winter.