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Crude oil prices drop Wednesday
Thursday, July 9
The Royal Dutch Shell PLC leak along the pipeline known as "Capline" spilled little -- 10 gallons, The Wall Street Journal reported -- but disrupted the flow of 1.2 million barrels a day.
Crude oil prices peaked at $111.76 per barrel Monday, up $1.14 on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Heating oil prices gained 0.0046 cents in late trading to $3.2075 per gallon. Reformulated blendstock prices fell 0.0003 cents to $2.8215 per gallon.
Natural gas prices rose 0.031 cents to $10.084 per million British thermal units.
At the pump, the national average price of a gallon of unleaded gasoline was $3.3371 Monday, up from Sunday's $3.365, AAA said.