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Oil price to collapse to $20 barrel

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  • Jonbvn
    Jonbvn Posts: 5,562 Forumite
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    edited 5 August 2009 at 11:23PM
    Really2 wrote: »
    I believe the cost of producing a barrel is $38+ a barrel (could be wrong).

    Generally, less than that but obviously it depends on numerous factors.

    Less than about US$25 and I reckon all the majors will start curtailing production. with or without OPEC.
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  • N9eav
    N9eav Posts: 4,742 Forumite
    All a bit complicated. The here and now is that oil is rising at about 1.5% a day! Shall I buy my heating oil now, or will it drop back down in a month or 2? Forecourts are putting their fuel up by 1p a litre per day too..... Not happy
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  • Really2
    Really2 Posts: 12,397 Forumite
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    N9eav wrote: »
    All a bit complicated. The here and now is that oil is rising at about 1.5% a day! Shall I buy my heating oil now, or will it drop back down in a month or 2? Forecourts are putting their fuel up by 1p a litre per day too..... Not happy

    If this is the start of the recovery it will not be dropping back. But also it may not go up much either over the next two months.

    Keep your eye on the £-$ exchange rate, that could change any moves in the oil market.
  • StevieJ
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    Jonbvn wrote: »
    Generally, less than that but obviously it depends on numerous factors.

    Less than about US$25 and I reckon all the majors will start curtailing production. with or without OPEC.

    I think it is over $60 with some of the more exotic methods of extraction eg oil sands.
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  • kennyboy66_2
    kennyboy66_2 Posts: 2,598 Forumite
    "Oil at $63 - its a bubble"

    Could go down as another of Moneyweeks great quotes.


    Does anyone actually subscribe to this nonsense ?
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  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    kennyboy66 wrote: »
    "Oil at $63 - its a bubble"

    Could go down as another of Moneyweeks great quotes.


    Does anyone actually subscribe to this nonsense ?

    That or Viz.

    !!!!!! was a great believer, I wonder who he is now? normally easy to spot.
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
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