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Oil prices ease back in sluggish trading
NEW YORK. Jan 25: Oil prices cased back Thursday In sluggish trading that seemed to reflect the energy market has grown used to nightly bombing raids and missile at tacks in the Middle East, reports AP.
"We were moving with not a lot of momentum." said Bob Baker, an oil analyst with Pru-dentlal-Bache Securities Inc. "Not a whole lot of news to-day."
Light sweet crude oil for delivery in March settled at 21.71 Dollars per barrel, down 33 cents, at the New York Mercantile Exchange. In London, North Sea Brent Blend crude closed at 20.37 Dollars a barrel, down 19 cents, on the International Petroleurh Exchange.
Some oil traders said crude prices had landed in a reasonable trading range, slightly higher than they might be with no war going on blit far less than they were in the days when the Gulf crisis poses a bigger threat to Mideast oil supplies.
After a full week of combat, the only oil casualties appeared to have been some Kuwaiti petroleum facilities set afire by the Iraqis near the border of Saudi Arabia.
The extent of the damage was not clear. But traders weren't alarmed because the oil had been taken out of the world market almost six months earlier when the United Nations imposed an embargo of crude from Iraq and Kuwait
Other oil traders said ft was too soon to say whether oil prices had lost the volatility
that brought on wild daily swings in the months after the Invasion of Kuwait. Late last week, crude fell nearly 13 Dollars per barrel In two days, while early this week, it regained about 5 Dollars per bar rel in two days.
"We can never be sure they have settled into an area for a while." Baker said. "Surprises in the Gulf are always going to be there."
The market s Just sitting, waiting for the next sign of piece of new news." said Randall Rothenberg, an oil broker with Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.
As crude slid, prices for re-fined petroleum products also weakened tn New York.
I lome heating oil for dellven tn Febntary fell.33 cent to 69 82 cents a gallon. Unleaded
gasoline for dellvety In February fell.50 cent to 62.60 cents a gallon. One gallon equals 3.8. liters.
Meanwhile. Reuter from Tokyo reports: Japanese oil companies are scrambling to find ways to load gas and oil cargoes from major supplier Saudi Arabia after ships carrying Japanese crews were banned from sailing close to the Gulf war Zone.
Worried about fulfilling orders, the Japanese are being forced to consider expensive alternatives for shipping Saudi supplies, including chartering foreign-crewed’ ships and loading from Saudi Arabia's distant west coast.
The shipowners labour relations agency and the all Japan seamen's union agreed earlier this month that Japan-crewed ships should stay east of longitude 52 degrees east in the Gulf.
The decision has prevented Japanese-crewed vessels from lifting oil and gas at Saudi Arabia's main port of Ras Tannu-rah on the cast coast since laic '“’"wThavcn't decided what to do yet and we are studying several possibilities." said a spokesman at Mitsubishi Oli Co.
Iran is shuttling crude cargoes for Japanese customers to circumvent the sailing ban
Without a shuttle service. Japanese companies face the costly prospect of chartering foreign ships. But many companies arc likely to encounter difficultk-s tn finding ships willing ply the waters of the Gulf danger zone, industry sources said