Tag: oil prices
May. 8, 2015
Oil prices: spot versus futures market
As a long-time oil economics researcher, I have spent more than a quarter century doing research on oil markets. Most of my research considered the…

Mar. 13, 2015
Oil prices set to drop due to insufficient storage space
There is more than one reason to store oil as producers turn out more oil than the world demands, which is the case now. Stored…
Jan. 9, 2015
Oil prices continue to plummet
Oil prices have plunged by more than 40 percent in the last six months and if they go below $60 a barrel, and they should,…

Nov. 21, 2014
OPEC to discuss production cuts
OPEC will have its incoming meeting Nov. 27. This is a considerably important meeting for oil prices, global economic growth and all motorists in the…

Nov. 14, 2014
Saudi Arabia takes on oil prices of US, Russia and Iran
To implement its oil market share stabilization policy, Saudi Arabia is launching a three-prong price war against the United States, Russia and Iran. With objectives…

Oct. 10, 2014
Oil prices on surprising decline
Oil prices declined by 16 percent since the June high. Why are oil prices declining? What’s the role in the decline? While the oil price…
