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Oil price surges after US pipeline shuts down
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September 11, 2010, Saturday
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OIL prices surged yesterday after a pipeline that delivered oil to US Midwest refineries was shut down, raising questions about how long the supply may be disrupted.
Benchmark oil for October delivery rose US$2.20 to settle at US$76.45 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Enbridge Energy Partners LP closed the pipeline Thursday afternoon after it began leaking in suburban Chicago. Spokeswoman Terri Larson said there is no time frame yet on when it will reopen.
She said the site is contained and crews hope to begin excavation around the pipe later yesterday.
The pipe carried about 670,000 barrels per day from Superior, Wisconsin, to Griffith, Indiana.
Although oil and gasoline inventories are plentiful, traders are concerned that Midwest supplies could tighten if the pipeline stays closed for some time, analysts said. In turn, that could send retail gasoline prices up in the Midwest.
In the aftermath of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Enbridge Energy officials likely will be "very, very deliberate" in making the repairs, Kloza said.
Enbridge Energy Partners is an affiliate of Enbridge Inc., headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
Oil prices also got an early boost from China trade figures, which showed an increase in crude imports, Tradition Energy analyst Addison Armstrong said.
The gains mirrored an increase in US equities as investor concerns about slowing growth have been quieted at least partially by recent, more positive economic news.
In other Nymex trading in October contracts, heating oil rose 3.60 cents to settle at US$2.1044 a gallon, gasoline added 3.77 cents to settle at US$1.9731 a gallon. Natural gas gained 11.5 cents to settle at US$3.883 per 1,000 cubic feet.
In London, Brent crude rose 69 cents to settle at US$78.16 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange.
Benchmark oil for October delivery rose US$2.20 to settle at US$76.45 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Enbridge Energy Partners LP closed the pipeline Thursday afternoon after it began leaking in suburban Chicago. Spokeswoman Terri Larson said there is no time frame yet on when it will reopen.
She said the site is contained and crews hope to begin excavation around the pipe later yesterday.
The pipe carried about 670,000 barrels per day from Superior, Wisconsin, to Griffith, Indiana.
Although oil and gasoline inventories are plentiful, traders are concerned that Midwest supplies could tighten if the pipeline stays closed for some time, analysts said. In turn, that could send retail gasoline prices up in the Midwest.
In the aftermath of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Enbridge Energy officials likely will be "very, very deliberate" in making the repairs, Kloza said.
Enbridge Energy Partners is an affiliate of Enbridge Inc., headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
Oil prices also got an early boost from China trade figures, which showed an increase in crude imports, Tradition Energy analyst Addison Armstrong said.
The gains mirrored an increase in US equities as investor concerns about slowing growth have been quieted at least partially by recent, more positive economic news.
In other Nymex trading in October contracts, heating oil rose 3.60 cents to settle at US$2.1044 a gallon, gasoline added 3.77 cents to settle at US$1.9731 a gallon. Natural gas gained 11.5 cents to settle at US$3.883 per 1,000 cubic feet.
In London, Brent crude rose 69 cents to settle at US$78.16 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange.
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