Thursday, July 19, 2007

Crude Oil Rises 11-Month in New York as Total Curbs Shipments From Angola

(Bloomberg) -- Crude oil rose to an 11-month high
in New York after Total SA said it would curb exports from the
Dalia field in Angola because of a mechanical failure.

Total declared force majeure, a legal clause meaning
deliveries are suspended because of conditions beyond the
company's control, after production at the 240,000-barrel-a-day
field was cut by 50 percent. Prices also rose because a
government report yesterday showed that U.S. gasoline supplies
declined last week.


Read more at Bloomberg Energy News

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