NEW YORK ? Oil prices are climbing Thursday as striking oil workers threaten to shut down production in Nigeria.
Nigeria is the fifth-largest oil exporter to the United States, and a shutdown would force American refineries to replace 630,000 barrels per day of crude. Nigerian workers, who have been protesting a removal of government fuel subsidies, plan to cut off oil production starting Sunday.
Benchmark crude jumped by $1.47 to $102.35 per barrel in New York. Brent crude rose by $2.32 to $114.38 per barrel in London.
Natural gas prices continued to drop as mild winter weather cuts into heating demand. Prices fell by another 4.4 cents to $2.73 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Meanwhile, U.S. gasoline prices rose by a penny to a national average of $3.38 per gallon.
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