After Christmas we had two crises. The problems in Nigeria had a short fuse and there was an immediate drop in shipments while the situation in Iran has a much longer fuse.
After Katrina, there were a bunch of refineries which didn't sustain structural damage but couldn't turn the power back on.
Growth is down from last year. The U.S. and China led demand growth last year but that's changing. The situation in China and has changed; they are not using as much distillate fuel for power generation.
It's a significant amount of oil. If he were successful it would be very significant. But I don't think it will come to pass.
Prices will come down on imports. There are lots coming our way.
The crude market isn't tight at all. OPEC and non-OPEC production is rising and if anyone wants, they can buy additional oil from the SPR.
The market has already bid up the price of gasoline. It's been buy the rumor and sell the fact,
The oil market has become the instrument used by the entire financial community as a hedge against geopolitical risk. The world's major trouble spots share one feature, they have energy supplies.
We are up above $60 because of Iran. If something happened in Iran we would be in trouble because there isn't enough spare capacity to make up for the loss. If there was 3 or 6 million barrels of spare capacity there wouldn't be this kind of reaction.
We have big maintenance going on so refiners can gear up for low-sulfur diesel, so we're going to chew up some of these high product levels.
With oil prices this high I can't see OPEC cutting production. It's clear they won't change the quotas. Prices aren't going to fall a lot anytime soon.
Diese Website konzentriert sich auf Sprichwörter der schwedischen Sprache. Einige Teile einschließlich der Links sind nicht ins Deutsche übersetzt worden. Diese Links sind hauptsächlich FAQ, verschiedene Informationen und Webseiten, die der Erweiterung der Sammlung dienen.
Diese Website konzentriert sich auf Sprichwörter der schwedischen Sprache. Einige Teile einschließlich der Links sind nicht ins Deutsche übersetzt worden. Diese Links sind hauptsächlich FAQ, verschiedene Informationen und Webseiten, die der Erweiterung der Sammlung dienen.