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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Oil prices kicked off the first trading day of 2008 by hitting a new high of $100 a barrel Wednesday on violence in oil-rich Nigeria, the prospect of more interest rate cuts, a halt in Mexican imports and the expectation of yet another drop in U.S. crude supplies. / e( f) p L6 T* Y4 Y
2 I3 j; U1 [% H% i# mU.S. crude for February delivery jumped $4.02 to $100 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange before slipping to $99.42. The previous trading record was $99.29 set Nov. 20. Oil prices ended 2007 by gaining nearly 60 percent for the year, the largest jump this decade.4 A I, a# Y5 K4 p) N( U+ J# V
, i- ]+ V# f+ Y* V6 g P% x' P) m0 n/ V"This market is really gonna fly," Ira Eckstein, president of Area International Trading Corp, said from the NYMEX floor. ' y/ x) S5 l6 w
1 K/ }0 m* n$ k4 a( ?$ L2 n, ~In Nigeria, bands of armed men invaded Port Harcourt, the center the oil industry Tuesday, attacking two police stations and raiding the lobby of a major hotel, The Associated Press reported. Four policemen, three civilians and six attackers were killed. The Niger Delta Vigilante Movement claimed responsibility for the attack.
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At 2.1 million barrels per day, Nigeria was the world's eighth-largest oil exporter in 2006, according to the U.S. Energy Information Agency. |
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