Oil Steady Above $48
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Oil prices held steady above $48 on  Friday as the U.S. government said it would lend refiners crude  from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), but traders deemed  the loan too small to have a lasting impact.
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Oil stayed near $63 a barrel on   Friday, weighed down by bulging natural gas and heating oil   inventories in the United States and the suspension of an oil   workers' strike in Nigeria.
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Oil prices held steady on Thursday unfazed by a fall in crude supplies in the United States, where stocks are more than 20 million barrels above levels a year ago.
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Crude futures climbed above 48 dollars a barrel Wednesday as US Energy Department reported that domestic supplies fell more than expected.
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Oil prices ticked higher on Tuesday, holding above &#36;42 a barrel as dealers awaited signs of any renewed cold snap that would revive demand for winter heating fuels in the United States.
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Oil prices held strong on Friday not far below the &#36;55-a-barrel mark as traders worried time is running out to top up low heating oil inventories before winter.
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US oil prices have surged above $48 per barrel as production and shipping disruptions caused by Hurricane Ivan cause domestic supplies to shrink more than expected.
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Oil prices held steady above $49 on  Friday as market unease persisted over supply security in  Nigeria, despite peace talks, while the world's richest nations  suggested oil resources were scarcer than first thought.
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US oil prices held steady Tuesday, as OPEC ministers said the market is well-supplied with oil. Bloomberg News Service reports crude oil for future delivery hovered near $43 a barrel, dropping as low as $42.
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Oil prices slipped on Tuesday but  remained well above $48 a barrel as dealers weighed up whether  a thin cushion of heating fuel in the United States would be  sufficient to meet winter demand.
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U.S. oil prices were steady on  Thursday, holding gains of nearly $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 steadied above $62 on Friday,   supported by signals that some OPEC producers may trim output   to stem a price decline caused by ample U.S. inventories.
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Oil prices held firm Friday after leaping almost $2 a day earlier on news US crude stocks sank to a five-month low last week and distillate fuels barely grew ahead of winter.
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Oil edged up above $64 a barrel on   Wednesday as traders cautiously await the debate among members   of the U.N. nuclear watchdog over Iran's atomic work, and on   renewed concerns over disruptions to Nigerian supplies.
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Oil prices jumped more than a dollar,  climbing above $48 a barrel Wednesday after U.S. data showed  the disruption caused by Hurricane Ivan had eaten into fuel  stocks.
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Oil held steady above $63 on Monday, as a dense fog delayed U.S. crude shipments and traders factored in OPEC's plan to further cut output.
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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&#39;s top consumer.