File picture showing an aerial view of a Norwegian oil production platform Troll B in the North Sea taken in 1995 The price of Brent North Sea crude...
{"Image ImageDescription": "NORTH SEA, NORWAY:  (FILES) File picture showing an aerial view of a Norwegian oil production platform Troll B in the North Sea, taken in 1995. The price of Brent North Sea crude oil reached a record high of 68.93 dollars per barrel in trading here Monday, amid talk of a potential military conflict between the United States and major oil exporter Iran. It beat the previous record 68.89 dollars reached on August 30, 2005 when Hurricane Katrina battered oil facilities in the US Gulf Coast. That same day New York crude reached a record high 70.85 dollars per barrel.  AFP PHOTO     FILES/SCANPIX/RICHARDSEN TOR  (Photo credit should read RICHARDSEN, TOR/AFP via Getty Images)", "Image Copyright": "2006 AFP"}