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NEW YORK (AP) -- Oil prices fell below $130 a barrel for the first time in more than a month Thursday, as a dramatic slide entered a third day along with a sharp sell-off in natural gas.


Rise in crude supplies shows how high fuel prices are starting to weaken demand from U.S. consumers.

The declines accelerated amid growing concerns about the weakening U.S. economy.

"The entire buillish scenario ... is starting to crack," said James Cordier, president of Tampa, Florida-based trading firms Liberty Trading Group and OptionSellers.com.

Light, sweet crude for August delivery dropped $5.31 to settle at $129.29 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Prices have fallen more than $15 in just the past three days.

Natural gas futures for August delivery fell more than 8 percent Thursday, marking their biggest one-day drop in nearly a year, according to Nathan Golz, researcher at Wachovia Securities in St. Louis.

Prices for the key heating, cooking and power generation fuel have tumbled more than 20 percent since their peak, and are now trading at their lowest point since April.

A number of market observers say there was nothing supporting the run up in natural gas prices, which peaked in early July, and that this week''s sell-off of oil has only helped speed the declines.

"Any time oil goes up or down on Nymex, it''s going to have a carry-over effect on natural gas," said Michael Rieke, senior managing editor for power and gas at energy research firm Platts.

The immediate cause of Thursday''s sharp natural gas decline was a larger-than-expected build of U.S. supplies.


Hớ hớ, dầu xuống dưới 130$ 1 thùng liệu VNI có lên không nhỉ???