Oil price passes $130 a barrel (AFP)

A petrol station worker changes the numbers on a price display in San Francisco. The price of oil has hit a record high point of 130.28 dollars a barrel on anxiety about stretched supplies in the face of strong demand for energy, and as the dollar weakened, traders have said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan) AFP - The price of oil soared past 130 dollars a barrel for the first time on Wednesday in a wave of anxiety about stretched supplies and strong demand for energy, and as the dollar weakened, analysts said.