China reports soaring oil imports
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China's booming economy has fuelled a 40% jump in crude oil imports so far this year, official figures show.
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Oil prices rallied to a record high  above $55 a barrel on Friday on rising fears of a winter fuel  supply crunch and robust economic growth in China, the world's  number two user.
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Crude oil traded near Friday s record close in New York on concern Chinese demand, which helped push oil prices up 70 percent this year, may rise faster than expected.
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ChinaÂs trade surplus with the world ballooned last month to $18.8 billion as exports soared, according to preliminary customs figures.
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Oil prices hit a one month-high of $47  a barrel on Tuesday as China showed no let-up in its strong  import growth and traders worried that U.S. petroleum  inventories had drawn down heavily due to Hurricane Ivan.
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U.S. crude oil supplies rose more than   expected last week as imports surged to their second highest on   record, the federal government said on Wednesday.
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Oil prices struck a fresh record above  $48 a barrel 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 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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China's top oil firm, PetroChina, expects to raise more than $9bn  for its Shanghai market listing.
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Oil prices have surged past a record $55 per a barrel in Asian trade, amid concerns over winter fuel supplies. The price of crude for November delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange hit $55.
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Oil prices forged to a record high above  $55 a barrel on Friday on rising fears of a winter fuel supply  crunch and robust economic growth in China, the world's number  two user.
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China's top oil firm, PetroChina, is expected to raise more than $9bn (Â£4.88bn) for its listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
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Oil prices struck a fresh record high above $47 a barrel on Thursday as fresh evidence of demand growth in China and India underlined how rising appetite for oil is straining the world&#39;s supply system.
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Oil prices jumped more than a dollar on  Thursday after the International Energy Agency warned that  faster-than-expected demand and disappointing world production  growth could put world supplies under strain.
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Oil prices surged to a new high above  $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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Chinese imports and soaring crude oil prices fuel an 8.9 percent rise in October for a record $55.5 billion gap. By Jeannine Aversa.
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Oil prices hit a one month-high of $47 a  barrel on Tuesday as China showed no let-up in its strong  import growth and traders worried that U.S. petroleum  inventories had drawn down heavily due to Hurricane Ivan.