Oil hovers at $70, Middle East cyclone fears ease
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Oil prices steadied on Tuesday with concerns over gasoline supply in the United States keeping crude above the $70 mark even as fears eased that a cyclone in the Middle East would disrupt production.
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World oil prices rose on Friday on  worries that the ongoing storm season in the U.S. Gulf would  continue to hamper energy production and imports, delaying  vital pre-winter stock building.
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Oil rose to $71 a barrel on Friday, near  a nine-month high, as a strike in Nigeria threatened more of  the country&#39;s output and Iran remained defiant over its nuclear  program.
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Oil steadied near $66 a barrel on   Tuesday, with bargain-hunting traders ending a six-day retreat   after Iran sounded a softer note on its atomic program and OPEC   agreed to keep production steady for now.
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Oil extended a retreat from record highs on Monday, sliding towards $78 a barrel after tropical storm Ingrid faded in the Atlantic and eased fears it could hit rigs and refineries in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Oil prices dipped on Thursday but held near the previous day's record high above $80 a barrel, as dealers watched a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico after a sharp fall in U.S. crude stocks.
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NEW YORK -- Oil prices rose above $70 a barrel yesterday, as persistently high fuel demand and concerns about possible supply disruptions in the Middle East and Nigeria offset news of increasing US inventories.
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Oil pulled back slightly but remained above $70 on Tuesday as a powerful cyclone in the Arabian Sea reached the coastline of Gulf producer Oman, closing the main gas export terminal.
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Worries that Hurricane Ivan will hurt oil production in the Gulf of Mexico boosted oil prices Tuesday. In mid-morning New York trading, oil for future delivery hit $44.
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Oil prices jumped above $75 a barrel on Tuesday after a top U.S. hurricane forecaster called for a busy end to the Atlantic storm season, raising concerns over potential disruptions to oil and gas production.
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Oil prices rebounded on Tuesday to near $70 a barrel in London on lingering concerns over Nigerian crude production at the start of peak gasoline demand in top consumer, the United States.
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U.S. oil prices climbed above $43 on  Monday as energy companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico  braced for possible widespread output disruptions from a  powerful hurricane and Iraq saw some of the bloodiest violence  in weeks.
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Oil pulled back slightly but remained above $70 on Tuesday as a powerful cyclone reached the coastline of Oman, closing the main gas export terminal.
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Oil held steady on Monday after   tumbling below $70 as dealers expected several weeks of   inaction on Iran's nuclear dispute with the West.
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Oil prices steadied below $70 on   Wednesday as dealers weighed tensions over Iran's nuclear   program against robust crude inventories in the United States,   the world's largest energy consumer.
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Oil 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 prices eased on Friday as a hurricane subsided in the Gulf of Mexico, although prices held near the previous day's record high on supply worries ahead of peak winter demand.