Devon Energy said Monday it plans to sell its Gulf of Mexico and international assets and focus on its onshore fields in the United States and Canada.

The company is in a position to start paying back taxpayer loans, but still lost $1.2 billion in the third quarter.

Oil prices rose more than 3 percent on Monday, taking back all of last week's 1.4 percent losses as the dollar drifted lower and better-than-expected U.S. consumer spending data boosted markets.

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Iraq’s Baghdad Trade Fair ended Tuesday, six years and a trillion dollars after the American invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, and one country was conspicuously absent -- the U.S. The New York Times reports.

The oil market is well supplied, with inventories at record levels globally, and the market continues "to be a bit soft," but prices are getting a big boost from the dollar's fall, Exxon Mobil CEO and Chairman Rex Tillerson told CNBC Friday.

Oil prices on Friday touched the lowest level in a month as bulging fuel inventories in the United States stirred demand concerns.

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Soft commodity plays like Wilmar International, the world's largest palm oil producer, are poised to benefit from changing climatic conditions and China's growing appetite for commodities, said Nirgunan Tiruchelvam, equities analyst at RBS.

Gold closed lower on Thursday, retreating from a record high after the dollar rose broadly on doubts of a lasting economic recovery.

Oil prices fell 3 percent on Thursday as growing U.S. crude inventories stirred demand concerns and the dollar firmed.

The weakness in the U.S. dollar risks inflating a bubble in the oil market, which could threaten consumer spending and potentially cause a double dip recession.

The price of oil looks set to rise further as political factors limiting investment will join rising demand and a weak dollar among factors pushing up prices, analysts told CNBC Wednesday.

Investments in global projects in 2010 will fall to $28 billion from $30-$32 billion this year, Royal Dutch Shell CEO Peter Voser said.

Oil prices steadied Wednesday as the dollar rebounded from 15-month lows, countering data showing strong demand growth from No. 2 consumer China.