World oil prices hit record highs
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NEW YORK, Oct 11  - World oil prices scaled record peaks Monday, rising on concern over disruptions to supply from strike-hit producers Nigeria and Norway.
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Oil hit a record high above $79 a barrel on Wednesday, propelled by an unexpectedly large drop in U.S. crude oil stocks that followed only a small output increase from OPEC ahead of peak winter demand.
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Oil prices jump to record closing levels in New York amid concerns about the US supply situation.
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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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Oil prices roared to fresh record highs on Thursday as the U.S. government reported another fall in heating fuel stocks ahead of winter.
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World oil prices scaled record peaks last night, rising on concern over disruptions to supply from strike-hit producers Nigeria and Norway.
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THE cost of oil soared to a record $US49.64 a barrel today as unrest in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia alarmed traders. Oil futures jumped to their highest closing price on record on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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Oil prices have continued their record-breaking run on Wednesday, busting through the $47-mark amid concerns that demand will outstrip supply.
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Oil hit a record high above $79 a barrel on Wednesday, propelled by an unexpectedly large drop in U.S. crude oil stocks that coincided with only a small output increase from OPEC ahead of peak winter demand.
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Oil prices roared to fresh record highs  on Thursday as the U.S. government reported another fall in  heating fuel stocks ahead of winter.
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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 hit fresh record highs above  $51 a barrel Wednesday, whipping up worries that high prices  could hit economic growth and weighing on European shares that  were dented by downbeat news from AstraZeneca.
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NEW YORK -- Oil prices have moved to fresh record highs of almost $47 a barrel on concerns about potential supply disruptions in Russia and Iraq.
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Oil surged to a record high above $81 a barrel on Tuesday, drawing strength from concerns of a winter supply squeeze in the world's top consumer where an anticipated interest rate cut is calming recession fears.
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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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London oil prices hit record highs on Monday as worries about the stability of supplies from Iraq, Nigeria and Russia compounded concerns over low US fuel stocks ahead of winter.
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NEW YORK - Oil prices jumped to record highs above US$54 on Tuesday as supply hitches hindered efforts to build northern hemisphere winter heating fuel inventories.