Oil prices hit record high amid Nigerian fighting
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Oil prices hit a new record of 50.47 US dollars a barrel on Tuesday as rebels in Nigeria threatened oil output and hurricane Ivan slashed production in the Gulf of Mexico, despite Saudi Arabian pledge to increase output.
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Oil prices surged to record highs above  $54 on Tuesday as a fire at Nigerian export pipeline became the  latest threat to consumers' efforts to build winter heating  fuel inventories.
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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 prices pierced the $50-a-barrel mark again today amid concern over possible conflict in Nigeria's oil-producing delta region.
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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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NEW YORK - Oil prices ended above the $50-a-barrel mark last week amid concern over possible conflict in Nigeria&#39;s oil-producing delta region, where a two-day truce between rebel militia and government forces is holding.
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As soon as oil traders heard Wednesday that oil workers in Nigeria, a major petroleum exporter, threatened to join a national strike, their frenzied bidding drove up the price of crude oil by more than 90 cents, to more than $52 a barrel.
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Oil prices set a new record today on concerns over tight winter heating fuel supplies and news that a strike in Nigeria could put some crude exports on hold.
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Oil prices pushed above $49 a barrel  on Monday, approaching record levels as worries about the  stability of supplies from Iraq, Nigeria and Russia compounded  concerns over low fuel stocks ahead of winter.
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LONDON: World oil prices surged into new record territory above $50 a barrel Tuesday as traders took fright at a multitude of supply threats, including unrest in Nigeria and recent hurricanes.
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Oil prices set a new record at $53 a  barrel on Thursday on concerns over tight winter heating fuel  supplies and news that a strike in Nigeria had put some crude  exports on hold.
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WORLD oil prices smashed to record highs today as concerns over hot global demand swamped news of a peace deal in Iraq with Muslim Shiite militia leader Moqtada Sadr.
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World oil prices are continuing to scale record heights, rising on concerns over disruptions to supply from strike-hit producers Nigeria and Norway.
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Global crude oil prices, which shot up to record highs on Monday, continued to rule at the same level of close to $54 a barrel. Following the nationwide strike that began in Nigeria to protest against high
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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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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 oil prices in New York remained high Tuesday after Nigerian rebels threatened oil output in the largest African oil-producing country.