(EnergyAsia, March 8 2010, Monday) — by Darrell Delamaide for OilPrice.com. Jobs data indicating that US economic recovery might be picking up steam finally pushed crude oil futures decisively over the stubborn $80 a barrel threshold. Nymex’s benchmark West Texas Intermediate settled Friday, March 5, at $81.50 a barrel, a seven-week high, after topping $82…