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The US navy said that the hijacking took place 520 miles south-east of Mombasa, Kenya in the Indian Ocean, more than twice as far out to sea as other recent attacks on shipping. Piracy off Somalia is driving up delivery costs for goods, and ship brokers said decisions by big tanker firms to skirt Suez and take the longer journey round the Cape of Good Hope would add an extra 15 days to ferry oil from the Gulf to Mediterranean refiners twice the normal time and distance. Delivering crude oil and petroleum products from the Gulf to consumers in northern Europe would add an extra 14 days to journeys on top of the typical 19 days through Suez. (Reuters) <p></p> </div> <div> <p></p> </div> <div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nov</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">ember </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">21</span> The national average price of regular gasoline fell 3.1 cents a gallon to $1.989 - the first time the price fell below $2 since March 2005. (Dow Jones, Reuters) <p></p> </div> <div> <p></p> </div> <div><span style="font-weight: bold;">November 29</span> At an emergency meeting in Cairo, OPEC deferred a decision on a new oil supply cut to the December 17 OPEC meeting. Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies are demanding tighter adherence to restraints put in place over the past two months. 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