Oil prices surge past $67
Afp, Singapor
Oil prices surged past 67 dollars a barrel in Asian trading Friday after Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden threatened new attacks against the United States, dealers said. Bin Laden's latest threat, made in an audiotape broadcast over Al Jazeera television, further fuelled market tensions triggered by potential supply disruptions in major oil producers Iran and Nigeria, they said. At 3:15 pm (0715 GMT), New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in February, was up 27 cents at 67.10 dollars a barrel, the highest in four months, from its close of 66.83 dollars in the United States Thursday.
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