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Crude oil climbed to a record for a fourth day after the dollar dropped to an all-time low against the euro, extending a three-day rout and prompting investors to buy commodities as an inflation hedge. Increased investor demand for oil coincided with reports of lower Nigerian production, a disruption to supply from Iraq and a fire at a U.K. gas terminal. Crude oil for April delivery rose 46 cents to $103.05 a barrel in after-hours electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the highest since trading began in 1983. The dollar traded at $1.5182 per euro at 9:29 a.m. in Singapore, after touching $1.5229 yesterday, the weakest since the euro began trading at about $1.17 in January 1999. U.K. natural gas prices are likely to rise after an explosion and fire yesterday damaged Royal Dutch Shell Plc's Bacton terminal in England, which handles supplies flowing from the North Sea into Europe's biggest gas-consuming country. Natural gas for April delivery yesterday rose 38.3 cents to $9.443 per million British thermal units in New York. Futures touched $9.498, the highest since Feb. 1, 2006. - Oil and gold seem locked in a neck-to-neck race to outdo each other at breaking records. An interesting note is that the news media can no longer say that oil is "still below" the $102.53 "inflation-adjusted high" back in 1980, because it is now way above that. See also : 1. Crude oil hits $102.08 as weak dollar boosts commodities prices (2008-02-29 14:52:44 SGT)
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- Spot: US$73.00/lb (-2.00)
Can Lowem post some reading materials for nuclear energy? One lb of U3O8 = ? barrel of oil (in terms of energy output / production cost / refinery cost / etc.) It is difficult to find some systematic learning information about nuclear energy. ; )
Posted by ling on March 01, 2008 at 02:32 PM SGT #
Posted by Ray Huang on March 02, 2008 at 03:20 AM SGT #
Off-hand, I would say 1 pound of uranium contains energy equivalent to "a few thousand" barrels of oil. As for exacly how many, well I have a spreadsheet regarding uranium energy density but I'll have to re-verify the figures before I talk about it.
Posted by lowem on March 03, 2008 at 01:02 PM SGT #
Posted by ling on March 05, 2008 at 07:36 PM SGT #