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November 16, 2012, Friday
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OIL prices fell below US$86 a barrel yesterday as investors focused on global economic issues, including the so-called "fiscal cliff" in the US.
Benchmark US crude dropped by 87 cents to finish at US$85.45 per barrel in New York. Brent crude, used to price many kinds of international oil, fell 47 cents to end at US$108.01 per barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
Expiring tax cuts and broad spending cuts will take effect in January unless the White House and Congress make a deal. Economists worry that that would have a serious impact on the economy. Slower economic growth means less demand for fuels such as gasoline, heating oil and natural gas.
On yesterday the US Energy Information Administration said crude oil supplies grew by 1.1 million barrels last week to 375.9 million barrels. That's 11.6 percent above year-ago levels, but it's also less than the 1.5 million barrels expected by analysts surveyed by Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Cos. Meanwhile, gasoline supplies shrank. Analysts had expected gasoline supplies to be unchanged from the previous week.
AAA said average gasoline prices at the pump fell a half-penny to US$3.438 per gallon from Wednesday.
Oil prices had risen earlier in the day following Israel's attack on Islamic militants in Gaza. However, analysts downplayed the risk that the fighting poses to energy supplies.
In other energy futures trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange:
- Heating oil fell 1.47 cents to finish at US$2.9735 per gallon.
- Wholesale gasoline rose 1.72 cents to end at US$2.6962 per gallon.
- Natural gas fell 5.7 cents to finish at US$3.7030 per 1,000 cubic feet. The EIA said gas supplies fell last week more than analysts expected, in the first weekly decline this year. Inventory levels are still 1.8 percent above where they were a year ago.
Benchmark US crude dropped by 87 cents to finish at US$85.45 per barrel in New York. Brent crude, used to price many kinds of international oil, fell 47 cents to end at US$108.01 per barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
Expiring tax cuts and broad spending cuts will take effect in January unless the White House and Congress make a deal. Economists worry that that would have a serious impact on the economy. Slower economic growth means less demand for fuels such as gasoline, heating oil and natural gas.
On yesterday the US Energy Information Administration said crude oil supplies grew by 1.1 million barrels last week to 375.9 million barrels. That's 11.6 percent above year-ago levels, but it's also less than the 1.5 million barrels expected by analysts surveyed by Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Cos. Meanwhile, gasoline supplies shrank. Analysts had expected gasoline supplies to be unchanged from the previous week.
AAA said average gasoline prices at the pump fell a half-penny to US$3.438 per gallon from Wednesday.
Oil prices had risen earlier in the day following Israel's attack on Islamic militants in Gaza. However, analysts downplayed the risk that the fighting poses to energy supplies.
In other energy futures trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange:
- Heating oil fell 1.47 cents to finish at US$2.9735 per gallon.
- Wholesale gasoline rose 1.72 cents to end at US$2.6962 per gallon.
- Natural gas fell 5.7 cents to finish at US$3.7030 per 1,000 cubic feet. The EIA said gas supplies fell last week more than analysts expected, in the first weekly decline this year. Inventory levels are still 1.8 percent above where they were a year ago.
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