Oil slips, but still trades above $49
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Light crude dips but remains less than a dollar shy of an all-time high reached earlier this week. LONDON  - Oil prices remained just below record highs on Friday amid concern over possible conflict
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Oil hovered below $58 a barrel on Tuesday, after it slid $2 the previous day on signs OPEC will keep output stable when it meets in March.
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Crude oil futures prices briefly dipped below $48 a barrel Tuesday on expectations that US oil supplies will continue to grow and that heating oil inventories will be adequate this winter.
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Oil prices inched closer to $50 a barrel Thursday even as the Bush administration considered tapping the nation&#39;s emergency stockpile of crude on behalf of refiners whose supply was disrupted by Hurricane Ivan.
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Oil prices pushed above $49 a barrel on Monday, approaching record levels as worries about the stability of supplies from Iraq, Nigeria and Russia compounded concerns over low fuel stocks ahead of winter.
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Oil prices ticked up in Asian trading but remained below the 47-dollars a barrel level amid expectations of a further easing of supplies in the coming weeks, dealers said.
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Oil prices slipped further from  record highs on Wednesday as traders locked in profits after  the market's $10 surge since mid-August.
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Crude oil prices neared US$49 per barrel Friday as Gulf of Mexico crude production rebounded at a slower pace than analysts had expected.
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Oil prices edged lower in thin early trade on Wednesday, keeping within sight of &#36;50 a barrel on supply worries in the United States, where weekly data is expected to show a draw in distillate inventories.
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U.S. oil prices fell for a second session on Tuesday on worries that high energy costs may crimp economic growth, but crude remained firmly planted above &#36;50 a barrel on persistent fears of a winter supply crunch.
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Crude oil prices have dipped in New York, sliding as much as two dollars to around $50 a barrel. That&#39;s extending declines seen last week despite concerns that a planned strike in Nigeria could affect output.
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Oil slipped toward $63 on Tuesday as   traders balanced healthy U.S. fuel stocks ahead of winter with   a fresh delay to BP's giant Thunder Horse oilfield in the Gulf   of Mexico.
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Oil prices drifted below $47 a barrel  early on Wednesday, well off recent peaks as traders braced for  another increase in U.S. crude oil inventories.
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Oil prices edged lower on Wednesday,  keeping within sight of $50 a barrel on supply worries in the  United States, where weekly data is expected to show a draw in  distillate inventories.
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U.S. oil prices were steady on Thursday, holding gains of nearly &#36;2 from a day earlier after a U.S. government report showed crude oil stocks falling to their lowest level in five months.
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Oil prices edged lower on Thursday,  adding to a near 2 percent sell off the previous day caused by  a smaller-than-expected drop in U.S. heating fuel inventories.
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The price of US crude oil has eased in early trade, after breaching the $50-a-barrel mark on Friday. Light sweet crude for November delivery fell 42 cents from Friday&#39;s $50.