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 Beyonce leaves national anthem unfinished. Musk says his new party is in business. A Texas man's disappearance is fodder for true-crime mania. Iraq's national game of deception brings out the best bluffers. Report an error