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Mon 11 Nov 2009Oil rises above $78 a barrel
Oil rose more than $1 to above $78 a barrel today, recouping some of the previous session's near 3 per cent loss, on fears a powerful hurricane would cut US oil and gas supplies and also lifted by the falling dollar.
Hurricane Ida roard through the Gulf of Mexico yesterday, where important oilfields are located, after triggering floods and mudslides that killed 124 people in El Salvador, and was expected to weaken gradually today as it heads for some of the facilities in the central Gulf.
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