What's moving the oil markets?


The market has moved higher on expectations that the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in the US Gulf of Mexico will be extensive. "Shell's Mars platform looks out for a long time, and if similar damage is reported elsewhere an already nervous market might rocket at biblical proportions," one trader said.

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