25/January/2008
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 Oil Price Rise a Good News – Official

Crude oil price rise traded in New York at Usd 100,05 a barrel, is a good new to Angola.
This was said in Luanda by the administrator of Angola’s Oil Company (Sonangol),Sianga Abílio.
The official who was speaking to journalists on the fringes of the yearend compliments ceremony, said the oil price rise might have an immediate impact on

the actions currently underway in the country and on the national economy.
According to him, this will permit the Government to resolve, among other issues, the rehabilitation of infrastructures of the country, as part of the reconstruction effort in progress in the country.
He said although they are floating prices, the country could hold out a hope that this will attract resources for the accomplishment of programme designed by the Government for 2008.

 

Crude oil prices went up beyond Usd 100, after the US Department of Energy revealed that the reserves dropped more than expected last week.
The oil reserves dropped from 4.06 million barrels to 289.6 million, a fall much above the 2.25 million predicted by the average international analysts.
This unexpected fall in the reserves, coupled with the re-start of violence in Nigeria, led the oil barrel price to surpass the Usd 100 rate on Wednesday for the first time. Source: Angop