Tuesday October 16, 2007

Oil futures hit new record above $86

ap.google.com :

Oil prices surged as high as $86 a barrel Monday for the first time after OPEC said crude production by non-member countries is likely falling even as global demand for oil is rising. Prices were also supported by concerns that Turkish forces will pursue Kurdish rebels into Iraq, disrupting oil supplies, and by technical buying by investment funds.

Despite the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' decision last month to boost its production by 500,000 barrels per day beginning next month, the rest of the world will likely produce 110,000 fewer barrels of oil per day than expected in the fourth quarter, OPEC said in a report. At the same time, fourth quarter demand for crude oil will grow by 100,000 barrels a day over last year, OPEC said.

The estimates add to sentiment that crude supplies are tight. Last week, the Energy Department reported that domestic crude inventories fell during the week ended Oct. 5 when they had been expected to rise. And the International Energy Agency concluded that oil inventories held by the world's largest industrialized countries have fallen below a five-year average.

Light, sweet crude for November delivery jumped $2.44 to settle at a record $86.13 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange after rising as high as $86.22, a record trading price.

- And that has already been broken. The new record is :

$86.54
$86.67
$86.76
$86.79
$86.80
$86.83
$86.88
$86.91
$86.94
$86.95
$86.98
$86.99
$87.05
$87.11
$87.13
$87.18
$87.24
$87.30
$87.97

- Damned! Welcome to $87 oil.

See also :

1. Crude oil hits $84.35 record
2. NYMEX oil hits $84.10

(2007-10-16 08:09:51 SGT) [Energy] Permalink Comments [1]

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