Alaska oil pipeline remains shut down international oil prices

 By the Alaska oil pipeline remains closed, cold weather pushed up demand for fuel and other factors, New York and London 11 January daily average oil prices rose.

day, the Alaska oil pipeline companies to continue to shut down its pipeline. Investors in the oil supply concerns pushed oil prices. Total length of 1287 km of the Alaska pipeline 8, closed after the discovery of leaks, BP, Exxon Mobil and other oil companies in Alaska was forced to stop all oil production in northern regions. The region of 63 million barrels of crude oil per day, accounting for 9% of U.S. crude oil production is a major supplier of U.S. West Coast refinery source.

also affected by the anomalous low-temperature, oil demand rose sharply, oil prices hit a new high of 28 months, also contributed to rising oil prices.

the day of the U.S. Energy Information Administration, crude oil price increase is expected in 2011, last December from 89 dollars per barrel is expected to be raised to 93 dollars a barrel, to a certain extent, boost the oil market.



to the closing, the New York Mercantile Exchange, February delivery of light crude rose 1.86 dollars to close at $ 91.1 a barrel. London Brent crude oil futures rose 1.88 dollars to settle at $ 97.58 a barrel.