Oil dips after touching record $54 a barrel
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WASHINGTON: Oil prices retreated slightly yesterday after surpassing $54 a barrel amid nagging concerns in the market that the global supply buffer is too thin to handle a significant output disruption.
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Oil prices flew back above $54 a barrel on Wednesday as a fresh fall in US heating oil stocks stoked worries over winter supplies.
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Oil prices eased from new highs on  Friday as dealers pocketed profits from a long record-breaking  run after escalating violence in Iraq took U.S. crude close to  $50 a barrel.
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Oil prices slipped on Monday but held above &#36;49 a barrel as easing concerns about a winter supply crunch pulled the market further away from record highs set two weeks ago.
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Oil prices held firm around &#36;51 a barrel on Wednesday, hovering near record highs amid the sluggish recovery in U.S. Gulf oil production and an anticipated decline in key winter fuel stocks, dealers said.
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An unexpected dip in oil prices - just hours after crude pushed past $54 per barrel - cheered investors Tuesday, moving stocks off their lows in late trading and keeping the major indexes mixed.
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The price of oil sank for the fourth consecutive day yesterday amid profit taking and easing concerns about supply, dipping below $44 US a week after it threatened to hit $50 US.
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Crude oil prices breached the $54 mark Tuesday to reach a new all-time high, fueled by continuing worries over supply in Nigeria and reduced output in the hurricane-hobbled Gulf of Mexico.
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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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Oil deepened its three-month slide, closing in on $58 a barrel, due to expectations of a rise in brimming U.S. fuel stockpiles and in the absence of more supply cuts by OPEC members.
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Crude oil fell from yesterday&#39;s record of $54.88 a barrel in New York amid concern that sustained high prices may slow economies and reduce demand for energy.
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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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Oil dipped below $86 on Tuesday, giving up early gains in response to concerns about the health of the U.S. economy and further indications OPEC has already substantially raised oil output.
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Oil prices dipped on Thursday but held near the previous day's record high above $80 a barrel, as dealers watched a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico after a sharp fall in U.S. crude stocks.
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Oil prices eased on Thursday but held near $61.50 a barrel after a climb the previous day on unexpectedly large falls in U.S. fuel inventories.
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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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Oil prices slipped on Monday but held above $49 a barrel as easing concerns about a winter supply crunch pulled the market further away from record highs set two weeks ago.