Price of a barrel of oil on 2nd January 2002 - $13.25
Price of a barrel of oil on 4th September 2002 - $23.50
Working from memory, GW started sabre rattling around the end of February (price at the end of Feb was $15.50)...
http://www.bry.com/prices.htm
http://money.cnn.com/2002/09/06/markets/oil/index.htm
http://reuters.com/news_article.jhtm...toryID=1419979