Tuesday, February 03, 2015

Oil

CNN: OPEC leader: Oil could shoot back to $200

4 comments:

Glynn Kalara said...

I seriously doubt it. At above $70 a barrel the shale and fracking crowd reappear and keep prices in check. $200 a barrel in this guys dreams.

Jim Sande said...

His comment caught people's attention - I don't know if it's related but oil went up today, big rally for oil equities. One wonders if someone in his position just making this comment could cause a day rally. He also thinks that $45 to $55 is the bottom end.

Glynn Kalara said...

The cheap oil prices weren't going to last. The whole episode was to shrink the no. of marginal producers and hand a bigger market share back to the big guys. Once that's accomplished they'll return to gouging the rest of us. High prices hurt but they drive the market out of this stuff in the long run.

Jim Sande said...

I just double checked and the person making the $200 per barrel statement is the secretary general of OPEC.