Oil prices up on lingering threats to production

Oil prices up on lingering threats to production New York (UPI) May 10, 2016 - Militancy in the oil-rich Niger Delta and ongoing production outages in Canada helped lift crude oil prices higher in early Tuesday trading. "It's not yet safe to return," Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said in the latest provincial update on fires raging through the Fort McMurray area. More than 750 square miles of land has burned and most oil companies said that, while the immediate th ... more

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