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Gulf Tropical Storm Threat Propels Crude Oil Prices Higher

Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010 Jun 28, 2010 - 03:10 AM GMT

By: OilPrice_Com

Commodities Crude oil prices surged ahead more than 3% on Friday as the first Atlantic tropical storm of the season began brewing in the Caribbean, raising concerns about disruption of production and refining in the Gulf region.


The benchmark West Texas Intermediate futures contract settled at $78.86 a barrel on Friday, the first close above $78 since early May. Friday’s gain put oil prices ahead just more than 2% for the week, after a closing price of $77.18 a week ago.

Further bullish news came in the forecast from AAA that 35 million U.S. drivers would hit the road over the July 4 holiday weekend, a gain of 17% over last year, though still short of the 38 million drivers during the 2008 holiday.

These short-term demand and supply factors overshadowed some of the negative economic trends that depressed prices earlier in the week.

Oil prices tumbled nearly 2% on Wednesday on the announcement that new-home sales plunged a record 33% in May following the expiration of federal homebuyers’ tax credit in April. The Federal Reserve also weighed in with a gloomy economic assessment after the meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, which sees continued low interest rates in the face of a sluggish recovery.

Also on Wednesday, oil inventories registered an increase of 2 million barrels, contrary to a consensus forecast of a decline of 1.5 million barrels. Gasoline stocks declined by 800,000 barrels equivalent, but that was perceived as anemic for the season.

However, a weaker dollar gave oil prices some support throughout the week, and futures markets shrugged off Friday’s downward revision in first-quarter U.S. GDP, to a 2.7% annual rate from the initial forecast of 3.2% for the period.

The potential Caribbean storm could develop over the weekend, hurricane forecasters said, and would force evacuation of some production sites if it moved toward the U.S. Gulf coast. It could also interfere with efforts to contain the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

The dollar was weaker across the board in the run-up to the G20 summit this weekend, including against the Chinese yuan, which gained half a percent against the U.S. currency this week after China announced it was loosening the yuan’s peg to the dollar. The Chinese move defused a possible issue at the summit, as U.S. lawmakers threatened legislative action if China did not act to increase the value of its currency.

Source: http://oilprice.com/Energy/..

By Darrell Delamaide for OilPrice.com who focus on Fossil Fuels, Alternative Energy, Metals, Crude Oil Prices and Geopolitics To find out more visit their website at: http://www.oilprice.com

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