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Old 04-16-2008
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Re: Oil hits $114/barrel - No end in sight.

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Originally Posted by iamwhatiseem View Post
gee...you guys don't think it has anything to do with OPEC nations pumping below capacity?
given the falling dollar absolutely is apart of the problem, isn't purposley pumping less also contribute?
That can in fact be a factor but not the only one. The Financial Times reported the other day that Russia now thinks it's capacity has peaked and they are the second biggest oil exporter behind Saudi Arabia. Even though more sources are available the oil companies are having to go to harder to reach places which means increased cost to pump it. Ultimately many factors are converging that will cause oil to go up and up. The only hope I can think of is maybe stability will eventually come to enough places that are pumping less than they can because of conflict but then again that has been a hope for a long time.
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