After falling to the lowest level of $26 per barrel in February, oil prices have almost doubled to close to $50. Several factors are contributing to stop the price decline, such as supply disruptions in Nigeria, political instability in Venezuela and a weaker dollar. Additionally, oil and gas production in the United States is decreasing, because of low prices.
Almost $50
“Several factors are contributing to stop the price decline, such as supply disruptions in Nigeria, political instability in Venezuela and a weaker dollar.”
Por:
Isaac Cohen.
Publicado el 18 may 16 - 07:38 AM CDT.
The New York Stock Exchange on January 05, 2015
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However, there may be light at the end of the tunnel. Prominent oil analyst and historian Daniel Yergin, in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, anticipates that “by autumn declining production and rising demand should put the market roughly in balance,” with prices remaining at around $50 per barrel.
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