Global oil prices touch new high
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Oil future prices climbed to a new high in New York on Monday as a strike began in NigeriaâAfrica&#39;s largest exporter of crude oil.
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As the euro rose above $1.42 to a new high against the dollar, the price of crude oil also hit a record, briefly surpassing $90 a barrel in after-hours electronic trading.
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Oil prices struck a fresh record on Thursday, spurred higher by renewed violence in Iraq and fresh evidence that strong demand growth in China and India has not been slowed yet by higher energy costs.
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Oil prices surged to record highs above  &#36;78 on Friday as global geopolitical storm clouds gathered,  with supply disruption in OPEC exporter Nigeria and tensions  across the Middle East driving crude into unchartered  territory.
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NEW YORK - Crude oil prices surged to a new high this morning in European trading, with a barrel fetching as much as $55.67. Two reasons were offered by wire-service reports--one relatively old, and one brand new.
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Oil prices today hit a new high amid fears over low fuel stocks as winter approaches and renewed concern about the security of supplies.
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Global oil prices raced to fresh highs  on Friday carrying U.S. crude close to $49 a barrel, driven by  escalating violence in Iraq and unabated demand growth from  China and India.
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The price of New York oil rose on Thursday, heading towards a new record high point above 82 dollars amid tight energy supplies in the United States, the world&#39;s biggest consumer of energy.
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Oil prices surged to a new high above  $47 a barrel on Wednesday on evidence that energy costs are not  substantially slowing the economic growth that fuels oil  demand.
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Oil prices reach a fresh high above $98 a barrel but fall back on higher-than-expected US crude supply figures.
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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 prices surged to yet new record highs Tuesday, driving U.S. crude above $54 as global supply outages thwart efforts to build winter heating fuel inventories.
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Oil prices hit fresh highs on Friday, lifting U.S. crude above &#36;49 a barrel, driven by escalating violence in Iraq and unabated fuel demand growth from China and India.
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Oil prices surged to a new high of $47 a barrel on Wednesday on evidence from major economies that energy costs are not substantially slowing the economic growth that fuels oil demand.
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Oil hit a fresh record high of &#36;75.70 a  barrel on Friday after a U.S. government report showed strong  fuel demand in the world&#039;s top oil consumer.
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Global oil prices edge up in early Thursday trading ahead of a key meeting by oil producers group Opec.
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NEW YORK, October 18  - Crude oil prices increased to new record high levels for the third consecutive day, reaching $55.