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Crude Oil Poised for Second Weekly Gain on Recovery Optimism

Bloomberg.com -- Crude oil traded above $82 a barrel in New York, poised for a second weekly gain, on optimism fuel demand will recover as China’s economic expansion accelerates.

Oil was little changed amid expectations the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will increase shipments this month on strong demand from China, the world’s second-biggest energy user. China’s inflation last month outstripped returns on household savings, threatening to spur asset purchases.

“China is going to continue to grow strongly, but it’s not going to be at a rampant pace,” said Ben Westmore, a minerals and energy economist at National Australia Bank Ltd. in Melbourne. “The oil market is sitting and waiting to see what happens at the moment.”

Crude oil for April delivery was at $82.17 a barrel, up 6 cents,


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honda0105
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 9:56:06 PM

talk up the prices.. we sure need higher energy cost so it can keep up with the ever increasing unemployment figures.
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mandoid
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 8:34:35 AM

another day another price
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MUSTANGSRUS
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 7:44:35 AM

Greed rules. The higher the price of oil, the slower the economic recovery will be, more factories will shut, and more people will be unemployed. There is absolutely no sense in the oil patch. It is all speculation. God, how I hate that word and all it implies.

[Edited by: MUSTANGSRUS at 3/12/2010 7:47:24 AM EST]
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the1roadhog
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 7:35:35 AM

Recovery is illusory with Obamanomics and his health care bill.
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wegman
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 7:24:43 AM

Global demand is the lowest this century and the price of oil keeps going up.

Irrational exuberance!
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Hangnail309
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 7:17:47 AM

China seems to be the big winner in this race ...
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rocket_ron
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 7:15:22 AM

Who is optimistic? The only person I know who is optimistic is Obama.
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WonderfulMI
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 7:13:15 AM

Alternatives would result in lower demand for oil, and the "Oil Party" would not like that.
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Don1222
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 7:11:52 AM

Alternative fuels.
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Eichhornchen
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 7:10:06 AM

jumped about five cents yesterday
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adr47
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 7:07:37 AM

Speculators hard at work.
Greed Rules
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CSharpGuy
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 7:06:58 AM

What recovery?
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BigdaddyMA
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 7:06:18 AM

GREED...GREED.....GREED!!!!!
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Bou
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 7:04:54 AM

If the world consumers can't buy Chinese goods, they will also stay in recession.
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ENORMS
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 7:03:43 AM

The speculators keep pushing up the price of oil until it kills the economy and puts more people out of work.
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mlhog
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 7:02:43 AM

Just a nother reason to raise prices.
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danno27
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 7:02:18 AM

Too many anal-ists involved and voicing opinions.
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72_Monte
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 7:01:55 AM

Optimism, shmoptimism.

Cover your pucker, my little pretty.
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Cheymike
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 7:01:26 AM

Another LIE! For weeks we've been told that China is looking to curb back, now this bull comes up about their rapid expansion. Go ahead, feed us some more.
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madison8359
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 7:00:38 AM

The strength of the barrel price is strictly speculation!
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 7:00:00 AM

No reason for it, I wish Pres. Obama would tell the truth,, Recovery,, yea right
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weenerdog
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 6:59:39 AM

Optimism?
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 6:57:53 AM

Recovery optimism, why wait for the real recovery?
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 6:57:42 AM

Our metro pump price when up another 8 cents yesterday. Now at $2.84/gal. Jeeeeeze!
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 6:57:36 AM

China is going to be the big winner in this race.
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 6:57:10 AM

so let me get this straight, it gains when there is recovery optimism, it gains when it is depressed... got it... GREED!
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MertieMan
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 6:56:48 AM

Thieves keep on stealing regardless, don't they?
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almoose2558
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 6:56:06 AM

pure speculation
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 6:55:59 AM

Euphoric optimism does not mean stabilized recovery by any stretch of the imagination.
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abuck
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 6:55:52 AM

so, it goes up as demand goes down, and supply goes up....gotta love it!
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BoerneWatch
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 6:53:00 AM

It can not hold up when consumer spending is relatively flat.
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fightbigoil71
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 6:50:27 AM

Well, that should help the recovery! (yeah, right!)
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BazooQC
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 6:49:01 AM

The economic recovery should not be a drive oil prices higher factor.
But ... as we see speculators do drive prices UP!
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colt453162
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 6:48:33 AM

Increasing the price of oil is not going to help recovery.
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mark1962
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 6:47:52 AM

Demand down, prices up. This is all wrong. I think the system is broke or being manipulated.
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RichardoB
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 6:47:38 AM

Optimism about the economy? Someone's living in a dream world.
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minnesotagirl
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 6:45:13 AM

Price increase is based on greed, not recovery.
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jhnh
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 6:44:37 AM

there is a reason for the oil price increases...............greed
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nb52
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 6:44:32 AM

This will have a definite negative impact on our family budget, less money to spend on other products.
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cheapertvs
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 6:41:02 AM

Wait until you see the price in April!!!
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 6:40:47 AM

You haven't looked at the price spike to 2.79/gal here...Those greedy bassturds at Speedway started it all over again, it's time to BOYCOTT those good for nothing crooks.
Any excuse to stick it to the consumer is the crooks way of doing business.
And since it helps out hte politicians war chests for next election, the Mr. high and Mighty Obama administration looks thwe other way.
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ftsgt
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 6:38:44 AM

one day its optimism the next day its down to pessimism...which is it...
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fordfan1
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 6:36:54 AM

No this second weekly gain is based upon Greed not recovery!
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lindact
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 6:29:43 AM

Small fluctuations but a general increase in price, regardless of the 'reasons'.
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 6:27:41 AM

Prices have been rising like the tide here.
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gabbygusIN
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 6:27:32 AM

As long as oil prices are set on the market, the economy does not have a chance for recovery! Ban the speculators!
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curlypooh
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 6:27:22 AM

What optimism, they must be getting their info from OBOMBUS!
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 6:26:46 AM

Conserve fuel by ground Air Force One.
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turbodog
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 6:25:06 AM

I don't see the recovery at a point yet that would indicate this rise in oil prices.
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Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 6:24:38 AM

prices are jumping big time around here
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