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World oil prices rise as fears of Opec cut remain

AFP, London
World oil prices rose Friday as fears that the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) might cut production outweighed strong US inventories data, analysts said.
New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in March, rose 31 cents to 47.85 dollars a barrel in electronic deals.
In London, the price of Brent North Sea crude oil for delivery in April added 19 cents to 46.01 dollars a barrel.
Oil prices rose Friday after falling overnight in New York but remained below 48 dollars a barrel as the market belatedly cheered strong US gasoline inventory levels.
"Any bearish news, like the large builds in US stocks on Wednesday, isn't affecting the market majorly whereas any bullish news, about Opec or demand,
is used to keep the prices up," said Veronica Smart, analyst at the Energy Information Centre.
"The market is incredibly reluctant to fall away from 45 dollars a barrel," she added.
Traders continued to digest an Opec report in which the cartel raised its forecast for 2005 global oil demand growth to 2.11 percent from the previous estimate of 2.0 percent.
In spite of the strong forecast, Opec continues to make it clear that it could reduce its production at its next meeting on March 16 in Isfahan, Iran, analysts said.
Opec's director of research, Kuwaiti Adnane Shihab-Eldine, recently said that the cartel could reduce its production ceiling by 1.0 million barrels per day (mbpd) to 26 mbpd to compensate for the end of the northern hemisphere winter.
"We had indications that Opec may cut production if prices start to
fall, that put some heat into the market," Smart said.
Markets also were studying the latest weekly snapshot of US crude inventories from the Department of Energy, which showed a strong build in crude oil inventories.
Traders were also nervous about possible supply disruption in the Middle East, particularly from Iran, which is locked in a dispute with the United States over charges that it is trying to obtain nuclear weapons.
Trade was slightly subdued ahead of the US Presidents' Day public holiday on Monday, analysts said.
"There is very little going on this morning and it is expected to continue all day because of the public holiday in the US on Monday," said Informa Global Markets analyst Peter Luxton.