NYMEX crude futures rose to near $117 a barrel in Asian electronics on Sunday

affected by supply concerns, NYMEX crude oil futures rose to near $117 per barrel in Asia on the 27th, the market waiting for the U.SDepartment of Energy will be released late in the week of the weekly energy inventory report, August 27 (Xinhua) -- New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) crude oil futures rose for the third day in a row in Electronic trading in Asia on Friday, briefly breaking $117 a barrel, as concerns about Tropical Storm Gustav intensified toward oil and gas production facilities in the Gulf of Mexico12:43 A.MLocal time, NYMEX October crude futures rose 65 cents to $116.92 a barrelThe contract rose $1.16, or 1 percent, to $116.27 a barrelIntercontinental Exchange (ICE) October Brent crude futures rose 66 cents to $115.29 a barrelThe contract rose 60 cents to $114.63 a barrel in the 26-day settlementHurricane Gustav weakened to a tropical storm on the 26th after hitting Haiti violently on the 26th, killing at least 2 peopleHowever, forecasters expect it to rise to hurricane level again and could become the first major storm since 2005 to threaten U.Soil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexicocomputer models suggest That Gustav is likely to advance to Louisiana and Texas, where drilling rigs produce a quarter of U.Scrude oil and 15 percent of natural gasthree years ago, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the region, disrupting production and flooding New OrleansRoyal Dutch Shell,, said it would begin evacuating unimportant workers from offshore oil facilities on the 27th if the weather forecast for Gustav remained unchangedalso supportoiled oil prices in the wake of tensions between the West and Russia over Georgia and the threat of a military response by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to the U.S.-Poland anti-missile agreement market waiting for the U.S Department of Energy will release the 27th night of the weekly energy inventory report affected by supply concerns, NYMEX crude oil futures rose to near $117 per barrel in Asia on the 27th, the market waiting for the U.S Department of Energy will be released on the evening of the weekly energy inventory report , August 27 (Xinhua) -- New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) crude oil futures rose for the third day in a row in Electronic trading in Asia on Friday, briefly breaking $117 a barrel, as concerns about Tropical Storm Gustav intensified toward oil and gas production facilities in the Gulf of Mexico 12:43 A.M Local time, NYMEX October crude futures rose 65 cents to $116.92 a barrel The contract rose $1.16, or 1 percent, to $116.27 a barrel Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) October Brent crude futures rose 66 cents to $115.29 a barrel The contract rose 60 cents to $114.63 a barrel in the 26-day settlement Hurricane Gustav weakened to a tropical storm on the 26th after hitting Haiti violently on the 26th, killing at least 2 people However, forecasters expect it to rise to hurricane level again and could become the first major storm since 2005 to threaten U.S oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico computer models suggest That Gustav is likely to advance to Louisiana and Texas, where drilling rigs produce a quarter of U.S crude oil and 15 percent of natural gas three years ago, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the region, disrupting production and flooding New Orleans Royal Dutch Shell, , said it would begin evacuating unimportant workers from offshore oil facilities on the 27th if the weather forecast for Gustav remained unchanged also supportoiled oil prices in the wake of tensions between the West and Russia over Georgia and the threat of a military response by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to the U.S.-Poland anti-missile agreement market waiting for the U.S Department of Energy will release the 27th night of the weekly energy inventory report (name)