Oil Extends Record Run, Brent Over $50
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Oil prices hit fresh records again on  Monday, pushing London Brent crude above $50 for the first time  and extending a relentless rise that has added around 65  percent to the cost of crude this year.
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ARIS, Aug. 18 - Oil prices climbed above $47 a barrel on Wednesday, setting yet another record, after figures showed supplies in the United States were down for a third consecutive week and a report from OPEC highlighted the threat of high ...
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U.S. crude oil futures hit a new  record on Tuesday at $50.01 a barrel as worries about the  stability of supplies from Iraq, Nigeria and Russia compounded  concerns over low fuel stocks ahead of peak winter demand.
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By Andrew MItchell LONDON  - Oil prices raced to new record highs above $50 on Tuesday as rebel threats against Nigerian oil facilities threatened to inflict further strain on global supplies.
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SINGAPORE -- Oil lingered above the $50 per barrel threshold in Asian trade today, breaching the mark for the second straight day ahead of key US crude stockpile data.
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Crude oil prices climbed above the key $50 mark in Asian trade Tuesday, creeping close to an all-time high as worries continued over supply and unrest in key oil producing areas.
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Oil prices hit a new record near $51 a  barrel on Tuesday as a prolonged U.S. production outage  following Hurricane Ivan attracted fresh speculative buying.
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PARIS The price of oil, which has been inexorably rising for the past two years, finally broke through the $50-a-barrel mark Tuesday, reaching a new milestone as some analysts warned that there was nothing to stop prices from rising even further.
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LONDON - Crude oil topped the psychological milestone of $50 per barrel Tuesday for the first time, and a Saudi Arabian oil official said the world's largest petroleum exporter would raise its production capacity by 15 percent in a bid to calm prices.    Analysts said instability in the Middle East, political unrest in Nigeria, Africa's top oil exporter, and damage to U.S...
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Crude oil topped $50 per barrel during Asian trading today, pushing past the psychological milestone for the first time then surging further to new record levels likely to unsettle oil-consuming nations.
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Crude oil rose to a record for a sixth day, passing $54 a barrel in New York, as concern about US supplies grew after the International Energy Agency said demand this year is rising faster than expected.
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Oil prices soared to a new record above $50 yesterday as uncertainties over Nigerian output heightened worries of a severe supply disruption ahead of winter.
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Oil prices have hit record highs in the United States for the third straight day in early trading Thursday, amid continuing concerns about the supply of crude oil.
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Oil prices pushed above &#36;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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RIYADH, 6 September 2004 - Oil prices soared to historical record levels approaching $50 a barrel two weeks ago, after ranging at about $10 five years ago.
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Oil prices raced to new record highs above $50 on Tuesday as rebel threats against Nigerian oil facilities threatened to inflict further strain on global supplies.
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Crude oil surpassed $50 a barrel for the first time and analysts said Tuesday that prices could keep rising because of a sharp rise in global demand, tight supplies and threats to output in petroleum-producing nations such as Iraq and Nigeria.