Money | $100 a barrel oil Libya Chaos Pushes Oil Over $100 a Barrel Concerns over global supply By Nick McMaster Posted Feb 23, 2011 2:14 PM CST Copied Lybia's President Moammar Gadhafi gestures during a meeting at his tent during the Africa and South America Summit in Porlamar, Margarita Island, Venezuela, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Abdel Magid Alfergany) Oil prices topped the $100 per barrel threshold today, as investors hedged their bets against a supply disruption caused by the turmoil in Libya. Crude for April delivery hit $100.01 and then retreated, MarketWatch reports. Read These Next White House makes Hegseth put his polygraph away. 11 people hurt in a "brutal act of violence" in Michigan. A new book argues the Sacagawea legend is all wrong. The NFL's heaviest player told to slim down. Report an error