International oil price approaching $80 per barrel

Xinhua New York, December 30 (Xinhua) As U.S. crude oil business inventories fell to offset the impact of the dollar strength, the international oil price 30th approximation of 80 U.S. dollars a barrel, the end of the 79 dollar.　　According to data released by the Energy Intelligence Agency of the DOE, oil business inventories were down by 1.54 million barrels a week as of December 25, gasoline inventories were reduced by 400,000 barrels, and distillate inventories, including heating oil and diesel oil, dropped 2.1 million barrels. As a result of cold weather to pull fuel consumption, the U.S. crude oil inventory has been falling for four consecutive weeks, the distillate inventory for three consecutive weeks down, pushing crude oil prices upward in recent days, 30th, the highest rose to 79.79 U.S. dollars per barrel.　　However, the rise in the dollar against the euro and the yen has curbed the rally in dollar-denominated crude futures prices. By the end of the day, the price of light crude oil futures delivered by the New York Mercantile Exchange in February rose 41 cents to $79.28 a barrel. London's North Sea Brent crude futures prices rose 39 cents to close at $78.03 a barrel.