Oil prices continue to rise

Oil price of WTI at auction on Thursday rose by $ 3.04 to $ 74.55 a barrel, helped, including a weak dollar, experts say Aton. " Representatives of BP was also told that stopped the leakage of oil from wells in the Gulf of Mexico. On the New York Stock Exchange NYMEX (New York Merchantile Exchange) cost of July futures for U.S. light crude oil Light Sweet Crude Oil rose by 3.04 dollars - up to 74.55 dollars per barrel.Tsena July futures for North Sea petroleum mix of mark Brent Crude Oil on the London exchange ISE (InterContinental Exchange Futures) following trades rose to 2.92 U.S. dollar - up to 74.66 dollars per barrel. Meanwhile, the United States extend the moratorium on offshore drilling and suspend the exploratory drilling off the coast of Alaska, Virginia and the Gulf of Mexico, told U.S. President Barack Obama. Controlled BP Deepwater Horizon platform sank off the coast of Louisiana on April 22 after a 36-hour fire that followed the powerful explosion. Oil spill, which started after him, has caused damage to the state of Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and the region faces an environmental disaster. "We will take several steps to prevent a repetition. One of these steps will become an extension of six months the moratorium on drilling offshore. We also suspended exploratory drilling in two areas off the coast of Alaska and Virginia, as well as in 33 wells in the Gulf of Mexico - Obama said, speaking Thursday at the White House. This news, of course, also contributes to higher prices for "black gold". "It is expected that the Atlantic hurricane season will be stronger than usual, that complicate the extraction in the Gulf of Mexico and consequently have a positive impact on oil prices", - predicts Alexander Razuvaev, head of analytical department of the IR Gallion Capital. Thus, prices for staple of Russian exports will grow accordingly, will be strengthened and the Russian ruble.