Oil near $93, trade muted by holidays
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Oil held near $93 per barrel on Monday in thin trade, pressured by an uncertain economic outlook for top oil consumer the United States and a firmer dollar, but supported by concerns over shrinking world oil stocks.
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U.S. oil prices kept a strong tone on  Friday as disruptions to global oil flows dogged the market  ahead of the Labor Day holiday weekend in the United States.
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Oil slipped toward $63 on Tuesday as   traders balanced healthy U.S. fuel stocks ahead of winter with   a fresh delay to BP's giant Thunder Horse oilfield in the Gulf   of Mexico.
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Oil firmed almost $1 to above $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 fell below $93 per barrel Monday in thin trade as mild weather swept across the key heating regions of the United States, cutting fuel demand.
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Oil steadied at below $69 a barrel on  Wednesday, hovering near its lowest in three and a half months  as dealers feared oil stocks may quickly build up now that the  northern hemisphere summer season has ended.
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Oil prices rose above $94 on Monday in thin trading as dealers anticipated a further tightening of U.S. energy stockpiles and foul weather forced Mexico to shut two key oil ports.
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Oil rose towards $60 a barrel on Friday in trade muted by the long U.S. Thanksgiving holiday weekend, after tumbling on a rise in stockpiles in the world's top oil consumer.
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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 slipped to their lowest level   in five months before rebounding on Thursday as dealers took   pause from a three-day decline ahead of U.S. data expected to   show healthy crude stocks and rising distillate inventories.
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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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Oil halted a three-day slide to rise above $96 a barrel on Tuesday on expectations of a continuing drop in crude stocks in top consumer the United States and signs OPEC will not raise output.
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Oil steadied at below $69 a barrel on   Wednesday, hovering near its lowest in three and a half months   as dealers feared oil stocks may quickly build up now that the   northern hemisphere summer season has ended.
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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 early on  Monday with trade muted by the U.S. holiday and dealers braced  for several weeks of inaction on Iran's nuclear issue after the  European Union gave Tehran up to two weeks to clarify its  stance.
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Oil prices edged further below $49 a  barrel on Tuesday as the frigid U.S. Northeast looked ahead to  warmer conditions and some traders moved to the sidelines ahead  of Iraqi elections and an OPEC meeting.
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Oil prices fell more than one dollar to sit just above $43 a barrel Monday as unusually mild winter weather in the United States eased fears that thin heating fuel stockpiles might prove inadequate.