Oil price down $1.60, to $81.48 in London, in New York to $82.2 (-1.52)

As of March 19th, the IPE Brent Crude February futures contract dropped to $79.02 (-1.60) a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. Light Sweet Crude was down $1.52, to $82.2 on the New York Mercantile Exchange.