Nearest oil futures prices decrease by 1.56 % - 1.79 % on major world trading floors

/IRBIS, Dinara Mukasheva, June 26, 08/ - By the results of trades of June 25 this year: - on NYMEX (New York) the price of Light Sweet Crude Oil mixture with delivery in August 2008 decreased by 1.79 % to $134.55 per barrel; - on ICE (London) price of August Brent Forties Oseburg futures fell by 1.56 % to $134.33 per barrel Oil prices have fallen at the background of the Energy Information Agency (EIA) announcement on oil reserves growth by 0.8 m. to 301.8 m. barrels, for a week ended June 20 in the USA. Petrol reserves made 208.8 m. barrels (- 0.1 m. barrels), distillate reserves - 119.4 m. barrels (+2.8 m. barrels). Earlier, analysts forecast reduction of oil reserves by 1.4 m. barrels, petrol reserves - 200 th. barrels and increase of distillate reserves by 1.9 m. barrels. EIA is an analytic subdivision of the USA Ministry of Energy. The data of exchanges, published in various information systems, were used to create this message. [2008-06-26]