Oil closes at a new record high today - $100.01 close

[Bill]

It got higher than that midday at the beginning of january - but today it actually CLOSED at over $100.

Presumably on the news that OPEC is planning to reduce production. And possibly other bits of bad news like that private Citibank report.

[kres24GT]

What took you so long?

[Bill]

It looks like that might be only the Cushing - that's american oil, and some venzualan.

New York Light Crude - mideast oil - is at $99.56.

Europes oil is at 98.74.

http://www.bloomberg.com/energy/

PETROLEUM ($/bbl)
PRICE* CHANGE % CHANGE TIME
Nymex Crude Future 99.56 4.06 4.25 15:22
Dated Brent Spot 98.74 3.62 3.81 15:31
WTI Cushing Spot 100.01 4.51 4.72 15:50

[Moby]

I'm glad that Dick Cheney put his energy plan into action instead of worry about terrorists when he took office. Just think, oil might still be around $20 a barrel if he didn't get involved.