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SAN FRANCISCO --- Crude-oil futures closed below $113 a barrel on Monday, Aug. 18, reflecting the sluggish demand for oil worldwide, MarketWatch reported.

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NEW YORK --- Crude oil fell below $120 a barrel for the first time since May, after weather reports suggested that Tropical Storm Edouard will miss most offshore oil facilities as it approaches the coast of Texas, Bloomberg reported.

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NEW YORK --- U.S. crude for September delivery climbed $1.47 to settle at $124.73 a barrel today on the New York Mercantile Exchange, after investors weighed signs of mounting geopolitical tensions in oil-supplying countries.

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NEW YORK --- During a three-day stretch last week, oil prices tumbled nearly $16, prompting some analysts to question whether the oil bubble had finally burst.

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NEW YORK --- The price of crude oil fluctuated Monday, June 30, surging past $143 a barrel for the first time before declining again.

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NEW YORK --- A Saudi Arabia-hosted emergency energy summit meeting over the weekend, aimed at addressing consumer nations' concerns over skyrocketing oil prices, has failed to provide near-term relief.

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NEW YORK --- Crude oil futures nearly approached $140 a barrel Monday, June 16, despite Saudi Arabia's promise to boost production, the Associated Press reported.

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NEW YORK -- The price of crude oil soared to a record high on Friday, June 6, rising $10.75 a barrel to reach $138.54. That's the biggest one-day surge ever.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Federal regulators have launched a probe into whether large institutional funds that have bought up futures contracts for oil and other commodities may have skewed the market and contributed to higher gasoline retail prices, the Los Angeles Times reported.

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NEW YORK --- The price of crude-oil futures climbed as much as $2 a barrel Monday, June 2, as new U.S. manufacturing figures helped ease concerns over slowing demand for oil, MarketWatch reported. News that the hurricane season's first Atlantic storm missed key oil installations in the Gulf of Mexico kept price gains in check.

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NEW YORK --- Oil prices fell Thursday, May 29, after the Energy Department reported major declines in crude inventories -- a result of temporary delays in unloading oil tankers along the Gulf Coast, the Associated Press reported.

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SHARM el-SHEIKH, Egypt --- President George W. Bush on Saturday, May 17, argued for more domestic oil exploration and refining capacity and called Saudi Arabia's decision to raise oil output 300,000 barrels a day "not enough" to lower U.S. energy prices, Bloomberg reported.

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NEW YORK --- Crude oil prices on Monday, May 12, stabilized a little on the New York Mercantile Exchange as the dollar posted gains against the euro and yen, UPI reported.

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NEW YORK, N.Y. --- Fleet managers, brace yourselves for more pain at the pump. Though retail gas prices fell more than a cent over the weekend, oil futures on Monday rose to a record of over $120 a barrel.

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NEW YORK --- Crude oil rose to a record price of $119.93 a barrel in New York on Monday, April 28, prompted by reports of a North Sea pipeline shutdown and militant attacks and a strike in Nigeria, Bloomberg reported.

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NEW YORK --- Retail gas prices reached another new milestone Monday, April 21, averaging $3.50 a gallon, according to AAA and the Oil Price Information Service.

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SAN FRANCISCO --- Crude-oil futures climbed more than $1 to close above $111 a barrel on Monday, MarketWatch reported.

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NEW YORK --- Crude oil prices climbed on the New York Mercantile Exchange today, despite signs that the dollar is gaining strength, United Press International reported.

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HOUSTON --- For the first time in a week, crude oil futures traded below $100 a barrel Tuesday, as the dollar gained strength against the euro, the Wall Street Journal reported.

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NEW YORK --- Oil prices climbed higher today as weakness in the U.S. dollar offset the news that an oil pipeline in Iraq had been repaired, the Associated Press reported.

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NEW YORK --- Amid new economic concerns stirred by the forced sale of Bear Stearns Cos., oil prices fell sharply today.

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NEW YORK --- Gasoline and oil prices continued their record-setting pace today, with the national average price of regular gasoline at nearly $3.25 a gallon and the price of oil on the futures market surpassing the $110-a-barrel mark.

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NEW YORK --- Crude oil rose above $108 a barrel in New York to a record high, spurred by investors seeking an alternative to slumping financial markets, Bloomberg reported. Oil in New York surged 80 percent over the past year as the S&P 500 and Dow averages dropped.

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NEW YORK — While the dollar weakened to another low against the euro today, oil prices rose to a record high.

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NEW YORK --- Oil prices once again drifted up near $100 a barrel today, spurred by supply concerns associated with Turkish military actions in northern Iraq as well as increased tensions between Iran and the West over Iran's nuclear program.

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