By Sarah Turner
SYDNEY (MarketWatch) -- Oil futures climbed over $111 a barrel in Nymex electronic trading, recently trading up 76 cents at $111.06 a barrel in Asian hours midday Friday. It closed at a 30-month high in regular trading in New York on Thursday. "We think markets are somewhat confused as to what is going on with Saudi production and whether, in fact, it is being ramped up to the full extent possible in order to offset the Libyan production shortfall," said energy analysts at MF Global. "Until more data comes in, we suspect the markets will be relatively well-bid for at least several more weeks to come," they said.
