Oil futures climbed to a new record near $143 a barrel as the dollar weakened against the euro, confirming expectations that the falling greenback, a major factor in crude’s stratospheric rise, will extend its decline and add to oil’s appeal.
Retail gas prices inched lower overnight, but are likely to resume their own trek into [...]

Oil futures shot above $140 after OPEC’s president said oil prices could rise well above $150 a barrel this year and Libya said it may cut oil production.
Light, sweet crude for August delivery rose as high as $140.39 in afternoon trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange before retreating slightly to settle at $139.64, up [...]

Gasoline demand at the pump last week was down 2.7 percent from a year ago, according to a survey by MasterCard SpendingPulse.
The average national retail price for a gallon of regular gasoline rose 3 cents and is 35.7 percent higher than one year ago. Gas prices are up $1.01 since the beginning of the year.
“The [...]

Oil futures ended the day higher after spending much of the session going back and forth as traders awaited significant news to help the market break out of a trading range that has lasted for more than two weeks.
Light, sweet crude for August delivery rose 26 cents to settle at $137 a barrel on the [...]

Oil prices rose after Saudi Arabia’s modest production increase failed to push traders to sell.
Light, sweet crude for August delivery rose $1.38 to settle at $136.74 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Retail gas prices inched lower overnight but appear unlikely to change much as long as oil prices remain stuck in their recent [...]

Oil futures rebounded on concerns about the Middle East and growing doubt that China’s government will be able to curb the country’s appetite for fuel by pushing prices higher.
Light, sweet crude for July delivery rose $2.69 to settle at $134.62 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, recovering some of the $4.75 that the [...]

China’s National Development and Reform Commission said prices of gasoline and diesel oil will rise by 1,000 yuan ($145) per ton to 6,980 yuan ($1,015) and 6,520 yuan ($949), or 16 percent and 18 percent, respectively.
The government hiked fuel prices by about 11 percent in November but kept them frozen at that level, seeking to [...]

Oil prices dropped sharply after China said it will raise fuel prices, a move that could dampen its booming oil consumption.
Crude-oil prices also were given a downward push by the Iraqi Oil Ministry’s announcement that it is close to signing oil service deals with several major Western oil companies in an effort to boost crude [...]

President Bush urged Congress to lift its long-standing ban on offshore oil and gas drilling, saying the U.S. needs to increase its energy production. Democrats quickly rejected the idea.
“There is no excuse for delay,” the president said in a statement in the Rose Garden. With the presidential election just months away, Bush made a pointed [...]

Crude-oil inventories fell last week for the fifth straight week, while gasoline stockpiles unexpectedly dropped.
For the week ended June 13, crude-oil inventories fell by 1.2 million barrels, or 0.4 percent, to 301 million barrels — 14.2 percent below year-ago levels, the Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration said in its weekly report.
Analysts expected a larger draw [...]