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pikachu
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02-Jun-2006 20:33
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Oil rises again... | |||
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pikachu
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02-Jun-2006 20:33
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Oil halts two-day slide
Two refinery glitches in Texas add to gains, as investors worry about supplies in a season with high gasoline demand.
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil rose on Friday, halting a two-day slide, as hiccups at two Texas refineries refocused attention to gasoline supplies in the United States, which rose less than forecast last week. OPEC, as expected, agreed on Thursday to keep pumping at near full capacity but prices held above $70, frustrating cartel members worried that sustained higher prices could backfire on it by slowing global economic growth.
U.S. crude for July delivery rose 68 cents to $71.02 a barrel, after falling 95 cents on Thursday. London Brent gained 53 cents to $69.92 a barrel. U.S. gasoline inventories rose by 800,000 barrels last week, the fifth-straight week of gains but below the expected 1.1 million barrels, after a jump in demand that helped soothe some concerns that higher prices were limiting use. Refinery hitches stoked supply concerns, with news of reduced gasoline production at two Texas plants. Valero Energy (Research) said on Thursday it had cut gasoline output by 50,000 barrels per day (bpd) at a Corpus Christi plant following a fire in a storage tank, while Citgo Petroleum had to restart a gasoline-making unit at its 156,000-bpd refinery after a power outage. "Any refinery problem will cause the market to rally, as we are going into big demand season. There is concern about gasoline," said Tony Nunan, assistant general manager of risk management at Mitsubishi Corp. U.S. gasoline demand over the past four weeks averaged 9.32 million bpd, up 0.9 percent a year ago, the data showed. Gasoline prices climbed on Thursday to buck the downtrend and July futures rose 0.4 percent to $2.1355 a gallon on Friday. Crude inventories rose by 1.6 million barrels last week, helped by strong imports, while distillates rose by 1.8 million barrels, the U.S. data showed Iran incentives, OPEC rollover
Prices dipped earlier this week after the U.S. offered to start talks with Iran, but Tehran said it would not agree to Washington's condition that it halt uranium enrichment. Top U.S. intelligence official John Negroponte said on Friday that Iran seemed determined to develop nuclear weapons and could have a nuclear bomb by 2010. On Thursday world powers agreed a "far-reaching" package of incentives for Iran to stop its nuclear program, including an offer to suspend action against the OPEC's number-two producer in the U.N. Security Council. But traders and analysts remain skeptical about whether the new approach would resolve the situation, supporting oil prices within sight of their record high of $75.35 a barrel from April. OPEC's agreement to keep its spigots gushing did little to change traders' near-term view, as the cartel's leverage has been curbed by refinery bottlenecks, geopolitical fears and real supply disruptions in Iraq and Nigeria. Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said world oil markets were "oversupplied and overpriced." Production from non-OPEC Russia edged up in May at 9.63 million barrels per day (bpd), just short of a post-Soviet record level reached in December, while its oil exports via trunk pipelines of state monopoly Transneft reached an all-time high of 4.76 million bpd in May, government data showed on Friday. Oil prices have also pulled back this week as investors punish other commodities such as gold, which hit a six-week low on the strengthening dollar. |
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mamasan
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02-Jun-2006 14:45
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still sleeping ... | |||
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mamasan
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23-May-2006 08:52
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straits times, with koh 's big photo. | |||
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tanglinboy
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23-May-2006 08:45
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where u get this info? | |||
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mamasan
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23-May-2006 08:43
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someone is interested in buying 28% of oakwell ???!!! | |||
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mamasan
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22-May-2006 09:39
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all oil and gas stocks up, except this one ???!!! | |||
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