Oil Firm at &#36;51, Awaits U.S. Data
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Oil prices held firm around &#36;51 a barrel on Wednesday, hovering near record highs amid the sluggish recovery in U.S. Gulf oil production and an anticipated decline in key winter fuel stocks, dealers said.
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Oil prices stayed close to $49 a  barrel on Thursday, supported by a forecast for an early cold  snap in the United States that could put a strain on a thin  supply cushion of winter heating fuel.
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Oil prices held firm above $41 a barrel  on Tuesday as colder weather in the U.S. brought temperatures  more into line with seasonal norms, spurring heating oil  buying.
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Oil lingered above the $50 per barrel threshold in Asian trade Wednesday, breaching the mark for the second straight day ahead of key US crude stockpile data.
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Oil prices hovered above &#36;41 a barrel on Tuesday, pausing after a fall of more than 10 percent in the last five sessions amid rising U.S. stockpiles and warmer-than-expected weather.
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U.S. stock futures pointed to a higher market open on Wednesday, with oil dipping below &#36;49 a barrel and a batch of economic data on tap.
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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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Oil was steady on Thursday, hovering  nearly $2 shy of its record high of $89 a barrel as one OPEC  minister raised the prospect of another output increase and  U.S. data showed rising inventories and weak demand.
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Oil held near $97 a barrel on Friday,  within sight of its record high, bolstered by a fall in U.S.  fuel inventories and mounting tension in Pakistan and northern  Iraq.
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Oil prices held near historic highs over &#36;53 a barrel on Tuesday, with global supplies hounded by outages that were thwarting efforts to build U.S. heating oil inventories ahead of the winter.
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U.S. crude oil futures broke through &#36;50 to a new record on Tuesday, on worries over supply disruptions from Nigeria and other major producers.
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Oil prices edged higher on Wednesday  ahead of weekly U.S. inventory data expected to show a fall in  crude stockpiles but rising product tanks.
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U.S. oil prices rose on Wednesday,  pausing from a losing streak well above $40 a barrel, although  dealers said data on fuel supplies in the United States due  later in the day may trigger a new slide in the market.
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Oil prices steadied above &#36;45 a barrel on Thursday, attempting to put a floor under a 7.4 percent tumble after a big increase in U.S. heating oil stocks eased worries of a winter supply squeeze.
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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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Oil prices hugged &#36;50 a barrel on Wednesday on worries of potential supply disruptions and with U.S. crude inventories expected to fall due to the lingering effects of Hurricane Ivan.
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Oil held firm near $96 a barrel on Thursday after a three-day rally as traders awaited a sixth-weekly decline in U.S. crude inventories and attached a bigger supply-risk premium to Turkish bombing in northern Iraq.