Oil Prices Surge to a New High Today
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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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Oil prices jumped to a new record  high near $47 on Monday with traders on tenterhooks for the  result of Venezuela's weekend referendum and Iraq's exports  again disrupted by a Shi'ite uprising in the south.
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Oil prices broke into fresh record territory above $52 on Thursday on heightened concerns over tight winter heating fuel supplies.
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Oil prices hit fresh highs on Friday,  lifting U.S. crude above $49 a barrel, driven by escalating  violence in Iraq and unabated fuel demand growth from China and  India.
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Oil prices jumped to fresh historic highs on Monday, breaching 93 dollars for the first time on mounting concerns about tight energy supplies worldwide, analysts said.
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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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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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Crude oil prices surged past an unprecedented US$55 per barrel yesterday as uncertainty swirls over production, high demand and tight global supplies ahead of the Northern Hemisphere winter.
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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. Fresh threats by rebel militia in ...
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London - Oil prices roared to new record highs yesterday, within a whisker of $51 a barrel, on worries about supplies from the Gulf of Mexico, where almost 30 percent of production remains shut.
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U.S. crude prices rose to another new  record on Thursday, rising 25 cents to $47.52 a barrel on  evidence that high prices are not hurting world oil demand  growth.
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The price of crude oil futures surged to new highs Monday despite assurances from Middle East oil producers that they were committed to bringing the price down as a strike began in Africa's largest exporter.
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Oil prices surge to new highs in Asia and London amid concerns over winter fuel shortages.
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ARIS, Aug. 20  Oil prices hit a new record today after the Iraqi insurgency increased its pressure on the country&#39;s oil infrastructure and traders feared growing unrest might interrupt crude exports.
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Crude futures have surged above 52 dollars a barrel, reaching a new high in New York. Traders were reacting to a strike threat by Nigerian oil workers and to word that petroleum output in
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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 surged beyond $90 to a new peak on Friday as tight fuel stocks ahead of winter and a softening dollar spurred investor buying.