Dầu thô trong 17 tháng cao do dá»± Ä‘oán nhu cầu dầu thế giá»›i gia tăng khi kinh tế thế giá»›i phục hồi sau khủng hoảng.

Giá sàn của dầu là $75/thùng theo bá»™ trưởng dầu Venezuela thông báo ngày 2/2. Ông nói rằng không cần OPEC phải gia tăng sản xuất.

Dầu thô cho đợt hàng tháng 5 tăng 81 cent, thành $85.68 thùng trên giao dịch Ä‘iện tá»­ the New York Mercantile Exchange. Nó đạt mức  $85.62 vào lúc 8:10 sáng giờ Tokyo.

Hợp đồng tăng $1.11 hay 1.3% thành $84.87 ngày 1/4. Giá tăng sau khi báo cáo cho thấy việc sản xuất dầu tại Trung Quốc, châu Âu và Mỹ gia tăng trong khi các công ty công nghiệp tại Nhật lại giảm.

Giá dầu thô Brent cho đợt hàng tháng 5 tăng 66 cent hay 0.8%  thành $84.67/thùng trên giao dịch ICE Futures Europe tại London. Hợp đồng tăng 1.6% thành $84.01 vào 1/1.

Saudi Ramco Ä‘ã tăng giá bán loại dầu thô nhẹ cho khách hàng tại Mỹ và châu Á cho tháng 5. Giá dầu thô đến châu Âu sẽ thấp hÆ¡n trong tháng tá»›i.

Công ty tăng giá thêm $1/thùng thành $2.10 trên Ä‘iểm chuẩn Persian Gulf cho loại dầu thô Arab Super Light đến châu Á.

Aramco cÅ©ng ra giá loại dầu thô Extra Light cho đợt hàng tháng 5 đến Mỹ vá»›i phí bảo hiểm $1.35 trên Argus Sour Crude Index, cao hÆ¡n 40 cent so vá»›i tháng 4.

Crude oil rose to a 17-month high on speculation global demand will increase as the world economy recovers from recession.

A report today in the U.S., the world’s largest oil user, will probably show service industries expanded for a third month in March, according to a survey of economists. Oil prices have established a floor of $75 a barrel, Venezuelan Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said April 2. There is no need for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to increase production, he said.

Crude oil for May delivery rose as much as 81 cents, or 1 percent, to $85.68 a barrel in after-hours electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the highest since Oct. 9, 2008. It was at $85.62 at 8:10 a.m. in Tokyo.

The contract rose $1.11, or 1.3 percent, to $84.87 on April 1. Prices climbed after reports showed Chinese, European and U.S. manufacturing expanded, while pessimism decreased among Japan’s largest industrial companies.

Oil trading resumed today after the exchange closed on April 2 to mark the Good Friday Easter holiday. A Labor Department report that day showed the U.S. economy gained 162,000 jobs in March, the most in three years, buoyed by 48,000 temporary workers hired by the government to conduct the census.

Oil traded within a range of $68 to $84 a barrel in the six months ended March 30. Prices climbed the past two months as improved investor confidence lifted world equity markets and U.S. refining climbed from a 16-month low.

Brent crude oil for May settlement rose 66 cents, or 0.8 percent, to $84.67 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. The contract climbed 1.6 percent to $84.01 on April 1, the highest settlement since Oct. 8, 2008.

Russia, the world’s second-biggest oil exporter, increased production to 10.12 million barrels a day last month, the most since the break-up of the Soviet Union, according to an April 2 government report. Exports averaged 5.38 million barrels a day, 3 percent more than in February.

Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest state-owned oil company, raised official selling prices for light crude grades for customers in the U.S. and Asia for May. All prices for crude to Europe will be lower next month.

The company increased the formula price of its Arab Super Light crude to Asia the most, raising it by $1 a barrel to $2.10 above the Persian Gulf benchmark, according to an e-mailed statement today.

Aramco set the price for its Extra Light crude oil for May loadings for U.S. buyers at a premium of $1.35 a barrel over the Argus Sour Crude Index, 40 cents higher than April. The discount for shipments of Light-grade crude to the U.S. narrowed 20 cents to 40 cents below ASCI a barrel.