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$80 seems to be the magic number on domestic oil.

MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭
I will defer the subject to others with more knowledge.

Seems though that Bakken Shale and fracked petroleum is expensive to produce relative to the Middle East stuff.

What are the implications as WTI closes at under $88?

*Wonder if the fed will feel the need to juice prices on other consumer goods to make up for the slackening barrel prices. Seems to be the MO for the last decade.

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  • derrybderryb Posts: 36,836 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Look for the Saudis to fight a price war to maintain market share. Oil is going to become a lot cheaper.

    Natural forces of supply and demand are the best regulators on earth.

  • MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭
    Several months ago I read that the Saudi's need $100 oil to maintain the new programs that kept the House of Saud from falling during the Arab Spring.
  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,383 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cool.
    Oil must be a new precious metal I had never heard of before......

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  • MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Cool.
    Oil must be a new precious metal I had never heard of before...... >>



    Black Gold....Texas Tea.

    You need a refresher on the Beverly Hillbillies, Bochi!
  • derrybderryb Posts: 36,836 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Several months ago I read that the Saudi's need $100 oil to maintain the new programs that kept the House of Saud from falling during the Arab Spring. >>



    Saudi Arabia Goes Rogue, Risking Oil Price War

    Natural forces of supply and demand are the best regulators on earth.

  • MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Several months ago I read that the Saudi's need $100 oil to maintain the new programs that kept the House of Saud from falling during the Arab Spring. >>



    Saudi Arabia Goes Rogue, Risking Oil Price War >>



    Good link, Derry.

    ""It is estimated that shale oil production in North Dakota and Texas require a minimum of $70 to $80 a barrel to operate profitably. Any dramatic price decline as occurred in 1986 would put those operations in serious jeopardy'''.
  • rawteam1rawteam1 Posts: 2,472 ✭✭✭
    Hmmmm, Russian sanctions on USA...
    keceph `anah
  • bronco2078bronco2078 Posts: 10,229 ✭✭✭✭✭


    The magic number is in fact 3. schoolhouse rockimage
  • VanHalenVanHalen Posts: 3,994 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Why oil went above $80 in 2009 is a mystery to many too. image

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