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Why Oil Prices Are So Volatile
Oil prices have been all over the map this past year: as high as $145 and as low as $30. Here's what's causing the big swings — plus some experts' bets on where prices are headed now. Crude Oil Prices 2000-Present ...
Tags: Volatility, Trader, Price, MoneyWatch, Economics 101, Prices, CFTC, Oil Price Information Service, Investment, Finance, Oil Prices, Oil Markets, Gas Prices, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Oil Speculation, Oil Speculators, Inflation, Airline Industry, Cait Murphy
Articles 2009-09-01

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Oil Markets Bounce on US Cold Weather, News of Saudi Cut
Oil Markets Bounce on US Cold Weather, News of Saudi Cut Crude oil futures rose by more than $1 in New York on Wednesday, ahead of the delayed release of weekly inventory data from the American Petroleum Institute API. Light, sweet February crude at the...
Tags: FINANCE, Investment, stock
Research articles 2002-01-03
Russian bear hanging over oil markets. (Russia's oil exports) (Futures Extra)
Russian bear hanging Over oil Markets NEW YORK The 1-year anniversary of the soviet coup attempt and continued instability in that region have not been enough to offset the bearish energy news coming from the world's largest oil producer. "All of those tremendous...
Tags: instability, International Energy Agency
Research articles 1992-09-01
How much higher? Oil prices.(The oil markets are jittery)
The oil markets are jittery ONCE again, oil is generating breathless headlines. Prices are approaching $40 a barrel--the highest since before the first Gulf war see chart on next page. Demand is soaring, especially in America and China. Menacingly, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting...
Tags: America, attack, International Energy Agency, Nigeria, OPEC, SECURITY, Venezuela
Research articles 2004-05-08
US urges 'well-supplied' oil markets
AMMAN AFP — US Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman said on Thursday he will travel to oil-rich Gulf Arab states this week to press them to keep oil markets well-supplied amid concerns of a shortage. Speaking in Jordan, Bodman told reporters he will visit Saudi Arabia, the United Arab...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Bush, E-mail, OPEC
Research articles 2008-01-17
PLATTS SAYS LACK OF TRANSPARENCY CLOUDS FUTURE FOR EUROPEAN OIL MARKETS.
(Full text of statement. Contact details below.) NEW YORK, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall-AsiaNet/ -- Headed Down Same Path as North American Gas and Electricity Markets The president of Platts, the world's largest energy information provider, warned industry leaders that sacrificing integrity for financial gain...
Tags: Platts
Research articles 2003-10-03
OPEC cannot manage world oil markets with a price band
Other commodity organizations (tin, rubber, bauxite and coffee) have more power than OPEC, yet they were not able to manage their markets through price bands. Any success that OPEC achieves little or none to date may be due to good luck rather than an ability to manage world oil markets
Tags: OPEC
Research articles 2000-10-01
Platts Announces New Online Communications Tool to Improve the Efficiency and Transparency in Physical Oil Markets.
NEW YORK, April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Platts, the world's leading energy information provider and a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), today said it would launch Platts Editorial Window eWindow, an online tool that will improve the transparency, efficiency and user experience of...
Tags: McGraw-Hill Companies, NYSE Euronext, PRODUCTIVITY, tool
Research articles 2007-04-10
World oil markets to remain tight until 2013: IEA chief
BERLIN AFP — International Energy Agency chief Nobuo Tanaka has predicted that world oil markets will remain tight until 2013, according to an interview with the German economic daily Handelsblatt. The market will initially relax from now until 2009/2010 due to a foreseeable increase in supply brought about by...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, International Energy Agency
Research articles 2008-07-05
Closing the Enron Loophole: Feds May Limit Speculative Trading of Oil, and Calm Prices
The crazy behavior of oil prices in 2008 has been blamed on excessive speculation in the futures markets from pension funds and endowments. In keeping with the new appetite for tighter financial regulation, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission CFTC is looking into limiting energy futures trading volumes, to bring them...
Tags: Enron Corp., Regulations, Wiki, Financial Accounting, Government, Online Communications, Finance, John Keefe
Blog posts 2009-07-08
It's Official, FTC Outlaws Oil Market Manipulation
The Federal Trade Commission issued Thursday a final rule that prohibits fraud and manipulation of wholesale oil markets. Anyone daring to break the new rules, which go into effect Nov. 4, face up to $1 million in fines per violation per day. Fraud and manipulation of energy...
Tags: Petroleum, FTC, Kovacic, CFTC, Telecom & Utilities, Litigation, Business Operations, Kirsten Korosec
Blog posts 2009-08-06
EGYPT: OIL MINISTER: WORLD CONCERN OVER INSTABILITY OF OIL MARKET.
Eng. Sameh Fahmi, Oil Minister said that the instability of the world oil markets and the high oil prices led to more concern for the oil prices future and caused fears for securing oil supplies. This led to limiting down the capability of the world ...
Tags: instability, Oil, OPEC
Research articles 2006-09-13
Oil Markets, Speculators, and Vitol Group's Controlling Stake
Daniel Miller submits: Can you imagine having control of nearly $8 billion worth of oil – over three times the amount of oil that the United States consumes daily?  One trader knew that feeling this year, as a single energy company held 11 percent of all contracts on the New...
Tags: Energy, United States Oil Fund LP
External links 2008-08-26
Canada's Enbridge Eyes New Markets for Surging Oil Sands
Canada's Enbridge Eyes New Markets for Surging Oil Sands Output Canadian pipeline giant Enbridge is considering a major investment to penetrate new oil markets in the US and Asia. The company is studying options to support an expected surge in production from Canada's extra-heavy oil...
Tags: Enbridge Inc.
Research articles 2002-04-08
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAN, SAUDI ARABIA AFFECT OIL MARKET
According to "Tehran Times", the political developments in Saudi Arabia and Iran, the first and second ranking oil producer countries in OPEC, affect global oil markets. Head of OPEC department at Ministry of Oil said that some factors in oil maAccording to "Tehran Times", the political developments in Saudi Arabia...
Tags: OPEC
Research articles 2005-08-04
Soybean Oil Prices Stay Firm As Demand Matches Strong Supplies.
SOYBEAN OIL PRICES remain firm as demand stays healthy. Two consecutive successful crops, tightness in competing oil markets and reduced Asian meal consumption should make soybean oil the stronger part of the soy complex. Good weather and improvi SOYBEAN OIL PRICES remain...
Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Research articles 1998-09-14
IRAN: POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAN, SAUDI ARABIA AFFECT OIL MARKET.
According to "Tehran Times", the political developments in Saudi Arabia and Iran, the first and second ranking oil producer countries in OPEC, affect global oil markets. Head of OPEC department at Ministry of Oil said that some factors in o According to "Tehran Times", the political...
Tags: OPEC
Research articles 2005-08-04
Do French seek target zones for oil prices? (target zones for oil similar to those for currency prices established by the Plaza Accord and the Louvre Accord) (column)
Do French seek target zones for oil prices? What the French have in mind for the oil markets gets its roots from the Plaza Accord of 1985. The world's leading industrial nations agreed then to coordinate interest rate and currency policies to...
Tags: FINANCE, IMF, Investment, U.S., volatility, World Bank
Research articles 1990-11-01
Senate hears from oil industry on price volatility. (Top of the News).(Brief Article)
In late April, oil-industry executives told a Senate panel that price volatility in gasoline prices are caused mainly by swings in crude oil markets, unexpected refinery shutdowns and pipeline disruptions. In late April, oil-industry executives told a Senate panel that price volatility in...
Tags: volatility, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2002-06-01
IEA PLANS SIMULATION OF OIL MARKET DISRUPTIONS.(Technology Information)
The Paris-based International Energy Agency IEA has announced plans for a new simulation exercise to test its ability to respond to disruptions of oil markets. The exercise, planned for late September, will involve major oil companies as well as The Paris-based International Energy...
Tags: International Energy Agency, oil company, Y2K
Research articles 1999-07-09
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