While international oil prices continued to rule steady during the past week, two factors have kept oil prices from falling in global markets.
There has delay in resumption of post-war Iraqi oil output because of looting and sabotage of oil facilities. Concern about US crude oil inventories which stand more than 11 per cent below year-earlier levels also pushed up prices.
However, the market has taken into consideration the US claim made late on Tuesday that Saddam Hussein
