Oil prices close to record highs
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Oil prices hover just below Monday's record peaks in Asian trade, amid continued concerns over global supply shortages.
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Oil prices rose to record highs Monday  near $50 a barrel for U.S. crude as Nigeria emerged as the  latest focus for worries about supply in an already tight  worldwide energy market.
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World oil prices have shot to record highs as concern grows about even more expensive fuel at the petrol pumps. In London, Brent North Sea crude oil for delivery in November surpassed $50 a barrel for the first time in the contract&#39;s 16-year history.
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Oil prices moved back towards record highs tonight amid continued concerns over soaring demand and tight supplies.
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Oil prices surged to yet new record highs Tuesday, driving U.S. crude above $54 as global supply outages thwart efforts to build winter heating fuel inventories.
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Crude oil in New York traded near a record high as US producers in the Gulf of Mexico struggled to restore output cut by Hurricane Ivan at a time when refiners are trying to build up winter-fuel supplies.
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Oil prices hit a record high Thursday of more than $90 a barrel after reports indicated that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has no plans to increase production.
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Oil jumped to a record high near $94 a barrel on Monday as stormy weather disrupted supplies from giant exporter Mexico and the dollar wallowed near record lows.
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Oil prices rose close to a record high  on Tuesday on U.S. economic data showing that inflationary  pressure was held in check in July and ahead of weekly  inventory due out on Wednesday and forecast to show a draw in  crude stocks.
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Oil prices set historic highs near  $54 a barrel Tuesday, with global supplies hounded by outages  that were thwarting efforts to build U.S. heating oil  inventories ahead of the winter.
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NEW YORK, Sept 27  - Oil futures jumped to their highest closing on record Monday on the New York Mercantile Exchange, rising 76 cents to 49.
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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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Crude prices have hit record highs as Nigeria emerges as the new focus of worries about supply security on world oil markets. London Brent on the International Petroleum
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Oil prices were hovering close to last weekâs record high today after breaking through the 50 US dollars mark again. Production problems in the Gulf of Mexico due to
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Oil prices roared up to fresh record  highs on Thursday to end near $55 a barrel, as the U.S.  government reported another fall in heating fuel stocks ahead  of winter.
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NYMEX crude kept close to record  highs near $54 early on Tuesday as global oil supplies remained  hounded by disruptions, magnifying concerns over U.S. heating  oil stocks ahead of the winter, traders said.
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LONDON: Oil prices extended record-setting highs above US$51 for US crude yesterday, led by worries over the impact of Hurricane Ivan on US winter fuel stocks.