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Oil cascades to near USD 75 a barrel

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On Thursday, Oil prices knock down to near USD 75 a barrel in Asia amid stubbornly high U.S. crude inventory surpluses even after a drop down of the stockpile last week.

On the New York Mercantile Exchange, Benchmark crude for October delivery was downhill 56 cents to USD 75.46 a barrel at late afternoon Singapore time in electronic trading. On Wednesday, the contract lost 78 cents to settle at USD 76.02.

Heating oil was downhill 0.83 cent at USD2.124 a gallon and gasoline knock down 1.30 cents to USD 1.953 a gallon, in other Nymex trading in October contracts. Natural gas climbed 1.6 cents to USD 4.011 per 1,000 cubic feet.

Brent crude for November delivery dropped 50 cents to USD78.92 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange, In London.