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Zitat:Oil Eyes $45, Nerves Jangled by YUKOS
Fri Aug 6, 2004 02:06 PM ET
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices hit record highs Friday, climbing close to $45 after a renewed threat to Russian oil major YUKOS added to the strain on world supplies.
U.S. light crude struck $44.77 a barrel, the highest level in the 21-year history of crude futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange, before easing back to $44.38, down 3 cents from Thursday's settlement.
London's Brent crude hit $41.50 a barrel, a record for the contract since it started trading in 1988 on the International Petroleum Exchange. Brent eased to $41.07 by midday, down 5 cents.
"Fifty, sixty dollars a barrel is thinkable for the first time since 1979 ... but so much has changed between then and now that prices might have to go even higher before demand growth slows down," said Deborah White, senior economist at SG Commodities in Paris.
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