Keeping me busy lately, had to add 3 more over the past week.
OPEC: Speculators to blame for high oil prices
Gasoline: The new big U.S. export
Chinese manufacturing slows down
DS Gas Price Excuse Tracker for reasons that gas prices increase:
1. Winter months, heating
2. Hurricane in Gulf of Mexico
3. Manufacturing demands by industrial nations, i.e. China
4. Americans and SUVs
5. Market speculation
6. March and April "pressures on refineries"
7. Tensions in Middle East
8. A whale died in the Atlantic
9. A turtle sneezed in the Pacific
10. Global warming
11. Pollen levels
12. Jupiter's red spot
13. The dog ate it.
14. Gas prices take a while to come down because the stations are still selling what they bought at the higher prices
15. Gas prices take no time at all to skyrocket overnight, because reason #14 doesn't apply the other way around.
16. Oil up to pay for alternative resource research
17. Because OPEC says so!
18. A special summer blend is more expensive than the winter blend, as it uses special ingredients! But I thought it was higher in the winter because of the heating demands?
19. Summer vacation, kids are off! And since they all drive cars, this makes total sense! (I guess all the school buses were running on pixie dust)
20. Memorial Day weekend and Independence Day, even tho it's still May and that's in July.
21. Weak dollar causing gas prices to rise
22. Strong dollar gets it back under $80
23. Fuel supply shortage (because OPEC cut the supply in half, right?)
24. Dollar against the Euro
25. See #1 - winter heating, as it got cold in some parts of the U.S. in October, thanks to...global warming?
26. Libya. It's all about Libya
27. No it's not, says Saudi Arabia. Everything is fine. Not sure why the high prices.
28. Gas station owners raise the prices ahead of time, expecting oil prices to go up. But then that means #14 can't be true!
29. Because of the unrest in Libya, more countries are buying from Algeria and Nigeria, which is where the U.S buy its oil from!
30. Benchmark broken, price of oil not related to price at the pump.
31. Gas prices lag behind oil prices by two of weeks, putting refiners in tight spot.
32. Because Deniers refuse to tackle Global Warming.
33. Saudi cutting back oil because market is flooded w/oil, no reason for high $.
34. "Hiring spree" means more people are using gas to drive to work!
35. River flood COULD cause disruptions, so we'd better raise it just in case.
36. Greece. Since oil dropped during the Greek riots, then following the same logic - that means demand must have plummeted. Therefore, Greece is the largest importer of oil due to all that manufacturing...forget China or the U.S.
37. Any sort of clash in Egypt is totally a legitimate reason for oil price increase.
38. Hurricane Irene (or any storm in the ocean/gulf) is unexpected and will disrupt oil and cause price spikes.
*NEW*
39. Oil has dropped 25% on the market, but the price at the pump won't parallel the drop like it does with the rise, because.....Well, just because.
40. We're back to the winter gas / blend. See #18.
41. World demand is strong, ignore what Saudia Arabia and OPEC say.
42. Oil prices in the US really don't reflect the actual price in the global market. In other words, the prices we see.....ARE ARTIFICIAL NUMBERS!!!
43. Even tho Libya was a good excuse for increase, don't expect too much of a decrease when it's over.
44. The oil used to make gasoline in the U.S. is based on a London benchmark. So this is why when Wall Street oil prices go down, we don't see it at the pumps. THEN WHY WHEN WALL STREET GOES UP DO WE SEE IT AT THE PUMPS???
45. China manufacturing at 32-month low. I thought the prices were high because of constantly increasing Chinese manufacturing demands?
46. The USA's massive refining infrastructure is producing more gasoline than the US needs, freeing it up to be exported. Excuse me?
47. OPEC says the price of oil is high because of the speculators
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Gas prices to fall, but don't expect a big drop
http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/30/markets/gas-prices/index.htm
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The price of U.S. oil has dropped nearly 25% since hitting its highs this spring, yet gasoline is down just 10%. So a big drop should be coming, right?
Sorta. Drivers can expect a bit of relief at the pump over the next few months, but they shouldn't look for too big a discount.
Many Americans have become conditioned to expect a sharp drop in gasoline prices in the fall as Labor Day, the traditional end to the summer driving season, approaches and as the nation shifts to less expensive "winter gas." Because cooler air is less conducive to smog formation, "winter gas" doesn't need to be refined as much.
Also adding downward pressure to prices: Hurricane Irene wasn't as bad as feared, the hostilities in Libya appear to be winding down, the dollar is gaining, and the economy is stuck in the doldrums.
On Tuesday, oil was trading at about $87 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
But analysts are urging caution.
They say that the lower oil prices seen in the United States recently don't really reflect the actual price of oil in the global market, which is tracking closer to London's more expensive Brent crude. Plus, demand from the developing world remains strong.
Gas spending and prices by state
But now most of the oil used to make gasoline in the U.S. -- from places like Alaska, Louisiana, or Nigeria -- is pegged to the price of the more expensive London benchmark, known as Brent.
That's because there's a problem in Cushing.
Over the past several months oil production from North Dakotas' Bakken Shale, Canada's oil sands and other places in the middle of the continent has been on the rise.
Lots of that oil gets sent to Cushing, but there's been no new pipeline built out of Cushing to accommodate the new supply. So now that oil is stuck and there's an oversupply, which is driving down the price of U.S. oil.
WOW, a lot to add to the excuse list from one article!!
DS Gas Price Excuse Tracker for reasons that gas prices increase:
1. Winter months, heating
2. Hurricane in Gulf of Mexico
3. Manufacturing demands by industrial nations, i.e. China
4. Americans and SUVs
5. Market speculation
6. March and April "pressures on refineries"
7. Tensions in Middle East
8. A whale died in the Atlantic
9. A turtle sneezed in the Pacific
10. Global warming
11. Pollen levels
12. Jupiter's red spot
13. The dog ate it.
14. Gas prices take a while to come down because the stations are still selling what they bought at the higher prices
15. Gas prices take no time at all to skyrocket overnight, because reason #14 doesn't apply the other way around.
16. Oil up to pay for alternative resource research
17. Because OPEC says so!
18. A special summer blend is more expensive than the winter blend, as it uses special ingredients! But I thought it was higher in the winter because of the heating demands?
19. Summer vacation, kids are off! And since they all drive cars, this makes total sense! (I guess all the school buses were running on pixie dust)
20. Memorial Day weekend and Independence Day, even tho it's still May and that's in July.
21. Weak dollar causing gas prices to rise
22. Strong dollar gets it back under $80
23. Fuel supply shortage (because OPEC cut the supply in half, right?)
24. Dollar against the Euro
25. See #1 - winter heating, as it got cold in some parts of the U.S. in October, thanks to...global warming?
26. Libya. It's all about Libya
27. No it's not, says Saudi Arabia. Everything is fine. Not sure why the high prices.
28. Gas station owners raise the prices ahead of time, expecting oil prices to go up. But then that means #14 can't be true!
29. Because of the unrest in Libya, more countries are buying from Algeria and Nigeria, which is where the U.S buy its oil from!
30. Benchmark broken, price of oil not related to price at the pump.
31. Gas prices lag behind oil prices by two of weeks, putting refiners in tight spot.
32. Because Deniers refuse to tackle Global Warming.
33. Saudi cutting back oil because market is flooded w/oil, no reason for high $.
34. "Hiring spree" means more people are using gas to drive to work!
35. River flood COULD cause disruptions, so we'd better raise it just in case.
36. Greece. Since oil dropped during the Greek riots, then following the same logic - that means demand must have plummeted. Therefore, Greece is the largest importer of oil due to all that manufacturing...forget China or the U.S.
37. Any sort of clash in Egypt is totally a legitimate reason for oil price increase.
38. Hurricane Irene (or any storm in the ocean/gulf) is unexpected and will disrupt oil and cause price spikes.
*NEW*
39. Oil has dropped 25% on the market, but the price at the pump won't parallel the drop like it does with the rise, because.....Well, just because.
40. We're back to the winter gas / blend. See #18.
41. World demand is strong, ignore what Saudia Arabia and OPEC say.
42. Oil prices in the US really don't reflect the actual price in the global market. In other words, the prices we see.....ARE ARTIFICIAL NUMBERS!!!
43. Even tho Libya was a good excuse for increase, don't expect too much of a decrease when it's over.
44. The oil used to make gasoline in the U.S. is based on a London benchmark. So this is why when Wall Street oil prices go down, we don't see it at the pumps. THEN WHY WHEN WALL STREET GOES UP DO WE SEE IT AT THE PUMPS???
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The price of U.S. oil has dropped nearly 25% since hitting its highs this spring, yet gasoline is down just 10%. So a big drop should be coming, right?
Sorta. Drivers can expect a bit of relief at the pump over the next few months, but they shouldn't look for too big a discount.
Many Americans have become conditioned to expect a sharp drop in gasoline prices in the fall as Labor Day, the traditional end to the summer driving season, approaches and as the nation shifts to less expensive "winter gas." Because cooler air is less conducive to smog formation, "winter gas" doesn't need to be refined as much.
Also adding downward pressure to prices: Hurricane Irene wasn't as bad as feared, the hostilities in Libya appear to be winding down, the dollar is gaining, and the economy is stuck in the doldrums.
On Tuesday, oil was trading at about $87 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
But analysts are urging caution.
They say that the lower oil prices seen in the United States recently don't really reflect the actual price of oil in the global market, which is tracking closer to London's more expensive Brent crude. Plus, demand from the developing world remains strong.
Gas spending and prices by state
But now most of the oil used to make gasoline in the U.S. -- from places like Alaska, Louisiana, or Nigeria -- is pegged to the price of the more expensive London benchmark, known as Brent.
That's because there's a problem in Cushing.
Over the past several months oil production from North Dakotas' Bakken Shale, Canada's oil sands and other places in the middle of the continent has been on the rise.
Lots of that oil gets sent to Cushing, but there's been no new pipeline built out of Cushing to accommodate the new supply. So now that oil is stuck and there's an oversupply, which is driving down the price of U.S. oil.
WOW, a lot to add to the excuse list from one article!!
DS Gas Price Excuse Tracker for reasons that gas prices increase:
1. Winter months, heating
2. Hurricane in Gulf of Mexico
3. Manufacturing demands by industrial nations, i.e. China
4. Americans and SUVs
5. Market speculation
6. March and April "pressures on refineries"
7. Tensions in Middle East
8. A whale died in the Atlantic
9. A turtle sneezed in the Pacific
10. Global warming
11. Pollen levels
12. Jupiter's red spot
13. The dog ate it.
14. Gas prices take a while to come down because the stations are still selling what they bought at the higher prices
15. Gas prices take no time at all to skyrocket overnight, because reason #14 doesn't apply the other way around.
16. Oil up to pay for alternative resource research
17. Because OPEC says so!
18. A special summer blend is more expensive than the winter blend, as it uses special ingredients! But I thought it was higher in the winter because of the heating demands?
19. Summer vacation, kids are off! And since they all drive cars, this makes total sense! (I guess all the school buses were running on pixie dust)
20. Memorial Day weekend and Independence Day, even tho it's still May and that's in July.
21. Weak dollar causing gas prices to rise
22. Strong dollar gets it back under $80
23. Fuel supply shortage (because OPEC cut the supply in half, right?)
24. Dollar against the Euro
25. See #1 - winter heating, as it got cold in some parts of the U.S. in October, thanks to...global warming?
26. Libya. It's all about Libya
27. No it's not, says Saudi Arabia. Everything is fine. Not sure why the high prices.
28. Gas station owners raise the prices ahead of time, expecting oil prices to go up. But then that means #14 can't be true!
29. Because of the unrest in Libya, more countries are buying from Algeria and Nigeria, which is where the U.S buy its oil from!
30. Benchmark broken, price of oil not related to price at the pump.
31. Gas prices lag behind oil prices by two of weeks, putting refiners in tight spot.
32. Because Deniers refuse to tackle Global Warming.
33. Saudi cutting back oil because market is flooded w/oil, no reason for high $.
34. "Hiring spree" means more people are using gas to drive to work!
35. River flood COULD cause disruptions, so we'd better raise it just in case.
36. Greece. Since oil dropped during the Greek riots, then following the same logic - that means demand must have plummeted. Therefore, Greece is the largest importer of oil due to all that manufacturing...forget China or the U.S.
37. Any sort of clash in Egypt is totally a legitimate reason for oil price increase.
38. Hurricane Irene (or any storm in the ocean/gulf) is unexpected and will disrupt oil and cause price spikes.
*NEW*
39. Oil has dropped 25% on the market, but the price at the pump won't parallel the drop like it does with the rise, because.....Well, just because.
40. We're back to the winter gas / blend. See #18.
41. World demand is strong, ignore what Saudia Arabia and OPEC say.
42. Oil prices in the US really don't reflect the actual price in the global market. In other words, the prices we see.....ARE ARTIFICIAL NUMBERS!!!
43. Even tho Libya was a good excuse for increase, don't expect too much of a decrease when it's over.
44. The oil used to make gasoline in the U.S. is based on a London benchmark. So this is why when Wall Street oil prices go down, we don't see it at the pumps. THEN WHY WHEN WALL STREET GOES UP DO WE SEE IT AT THE PUMPS???
Friday, August 26, 2011
Hurricane Irene may cause gas price spike
http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/26/news/economy/hurricane-gas-prices/index.htm?iid=Lead
So the cost of oil apparently doesn't include things like temporary closures, or storms....as if that could never happen out in the ocean or the gulf. No contingency is in place, apparently. Let's add to the list, shall we?
DS Gas Price Excuse Tracker for reasons that gas prices increase:
1. Winter months, heating
2. Hurricane in Gulf of Mexico
3. Manufacturing demands by industrial nations, i.e. China
4. Americans and SUVs
5. Market speculation
6. March and April "pressures on refineries"
7. Tensions in Middle East
8. A whale died in the Atlantic
9. A turtle sneezed in the Pacific
10. Global warming
11. Pollen levels
12. Jupiter's red spot
13. The dog ate it.
14. Gas prices take a while to come down because the stations are still selling what they bought at the higher prices
15. Gas prices take no time at all to skyrocket overnight, because reason #14 doesn't apply the other way around.
16. Oil up to pay for alternative resource research
17. Because OPEC says so!
18. A special summer blend is more expensive than the winter blend, as it uses special ingredients! But I thought it was higher in the winter because of the heating demands?
19. Summer vacation, kids are off! And since they all drive cars, this makes total sense! (I guess all the school buses were running on pixie dust)
20. Memorial Day weekend and Independence Day, even tho it's still May and that's in July.
21. Weak dollar causing gas prices to rise
22. Strong dollar gets it back under $80
23. Fuel supply shortage (because OPEC cut the supply in half, right?)
24. Dollar against the Euro
25. See #1 - winter heating, as it got cold in some parts of the U.S. in October, thanks to...global warming?
*NEW*
26. Libya. It's all about Libya
27. No it's not, says Saudi Arabia. Everything is fine. Not sure why the high prices.
28. Gas station owners raise the prices ahead of time, expecting oil prices to go up. But then that means #14 can't be true!
29. Because of the unrest in Libya, more countries are buying from Algeria and Nigeria, which is where the U.S buy its oil from!
30. Benchmark broken, price of oil not related to price at the pump.
31. Gas prices lag behind oil prices by two of weeks, putting refiners in tight spot.
32. Because Deniers refuse to tackle Global Warming.
33. Saudi cutting back oil because market is flooded w/oil, no reason for high $.
34. "Hiring spree" means more people are using gas to drive to work!
35. River flood COULD cause disruptions, so we'd better raise it just in case.
36. Greece. Since oil dropped during the Greek riots, then following the same logic - that means demand must have plummeted. Therefore, Greece is the largest importer of oil due to all that manufacturing...forget China or the U.S.
37. Any sort of clash in Egypt is totally a legitimate reason for oil price increase.
38. Hurricane Irene (or any storm in the ocean/gulf) is unexpected and will disrupt oil and cause price spikes.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Oil prices stalk $100 a barrel
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Oil prices jumped Thursday, inching closer to $100 a barrel on signs of stronger economic growth and a bullish outlook on commodities from two big investment banks.
Thursday's jobs report raised hopes the global economy is stronger then thought, which would increase demand for oil.
DS Gas Price Excuse Tracker for reasons that gas prices increase:
1. Winter months, heating
2. Hurricane in Gulf of Mexico
3. Manufacturing demands by industrial nations, i.e. China
4. Americans and SUVs
5. Market speculation
6. March and April "pressures on refineries"
7. Tensions in Middle East
8. A whale died in the Atlantic
9. A turtle sneezed in the Pacific
10. Global warming
11. Pollen levels
12. Jupiter's red spot
13. The dog ate it.
14. Gas prices take a while to come down because the stations are still selling what they bought at the higher prices
15. Gas prices take no time at all to skyrocket overnight, because reason #14 doesn't apply the other way around.
16. Oil up to pay for alternative resource research
17. Because OPEC says so!
18. A special summer blend is more expensive than the winter blend, as it uses special ingredients! But I thought it was higher in the winter because of the heating demands?
19. Summer vacation, kids are off! And since they all drive cars, this makes total sense! (I guess all the school buses were running on pixie dust)
20. Memorial Day weekend and Independence Day, even tho it's still May and that's in July.
21. Weak dollar causing gas prices to rise
22. Strong dollar gets it back under $80
23. Fuel supply shortage (because OPEC cut the supply in half, right?)
24. Dollar against the Euro
25. See #1 - winter heating, as it got cold in some parts of the U.S. in October, thanks to...global warming?
*NEW*
26. Libya. It's all about Libya
27. No it's not, says Saudi Arabia. Everything is fine. Not sure why the high prices.
28. Gas station owners raise the prices ahead of time, expecting oil prices to go up. But then that means #14 can't be true!
29. Because of the unrest in Libya, more countries are buying from Algeria and Nigeria, which is where the U.S buy its oil from!
30. Benchmark broken, price of oil not related to price at the pump.
31. Gas prices lag behind oil prices by two of weeks, putting refiners in tight spot.
32. Because Deniers refuse to tackle Global Warming.
33. Saudi cutting back oil because market is flooded w/oil, no reason for high $.
34. "Hiring spree" means more people are using gas to drive to work!
35. River flood COULD cause disruptions, so we'd better raise it just in case.
36. Greece. Since oil dropped during the Greek riots, then following the same logic - that means demand must have plummeted. Therefore, Greece is the largest importer of oil due to all that manufacturing...forget China or the U.S.
37. Any sort of clash in Egypt is totally a legitimate reason for oil price increase.
38. Stronger (imaginary) economic growth and a "bullish" outlook on commodities from two big investment banks.
39. A job report raises HOPES the global economy is stronger then THOUGHT, which WOULD increase demand for oil. So we jack it up before really knowing anything.
Thursday's jobs report raised hopes the global economy is stronger then thought, which would increase demand for oil.
DS Gas Price Excuse Tracker for reasons that gas prices increase:
1. Winter months, heating
2. Hurricane in Gulf of Mexico
3. Manufacturing demands by industrial nations, i.e. China
4. Americans and SUVs
5. Market speculation
6. March and April "pressures on refineries"
7. Tensions in Middle East
8. A whale died in the Atlantic
9. A turtle sneezed in the Pacific
10. Global warming
11. Pollen levels
12. Jupiter's red spot
13. The dog ate it.
14. Gas prices take a while to come down because the stations are still selling what they bought at the higher prices
15. Gas prices take no time at all to skyrocket overnight, because reason #14 doesn't apply the other way around.
16. Oil up to pay for alternative resource research
17. Because OPEC says so!
18. A special summer blend is more expensive than the winter blend, as it uses special ingredients! But I thought it was higher in the winter because of the heating demands?
19. Summer vacation, kids are off! And since they all drive cars, this makes total sense! (I guess all the school buses were running on pixie dust)
20. Memorial Day weekend and Independence Day, even tho it's still May and that's in July.
21. Weak dollar causing gas prices to rise
22. Strong dollar gets it back under $80
23. Fuel supply shortage (because OPEC cut the supply in half, right?)
24. Dollar against the Euro
25. See #1 - winter heating, as it got cold in some parts of the U.S. in October, thanks to...global warming?
*NEW*
26. Libya. It's all about Libya
27. No it's not, says Saudi Arabia. Everything is fine. Not sure why the high prices.
28. Gas station owners raise the prices ahead of time, expecting oil prices to go up. But then that means #14 can't be true!
29. Because of the unrest in Libya, more countries are buying from Algeria and Nigeria, which is where the U.S buy its oil from!
30. Benchmark broken, price of oil not related to price at the pump.
31. Gas prices lag behind oil prices by two of weeks, putting refiners in tight spot.
32. Because Deniers refuse to tackle Global Warming.
33. Saudi cutting back oil because market is flooded w/oil, no reason for high $.
34. "Hiring spree" means more people are using gas to drive to work!
35. River flood COULD cause disruptions, so we'd better raise it just in case.
36. Greece. Since oil dropped during the Greek riots, then following the same logic - that means demand must have plummeted. Therefore, Greece is the largest importer of oil due to all that manufacturing...forget China or the U.S.
37. Any sort of clash in Egypt is totally a legitimate reason for oil price increase.
38. Stronger (imaginary) economic growth and a "bullish" outlook on commodities from two big investment banks.
39. A job report raises HOPES the global economy is stronger then THOUGHT, which WOULD increase demand for oil. So we jack it up before really knowing anything.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
DS Gas Price Excuse Tracker for reasons that gas prices increase:
1. Winter months, heating
2. Hurricane in Gulf of Mexico
3. Manufacturing demands by industrial nations, i.e. China
4. Americans and SUVs
5. Market speculation
6. March and April "pressures on refineries"
7. Tensions in Middle East
8. A whale died in the Atlantic
9. A turtle sneezed in the Pacific
10. Global warming
11. Pollen levels
12. Jupiter's red spot
13. The dog ate it.
14. Gas prices take a while to come down because the stations are still selling what they bought at the higher prices
15. Gas prices take no time at all to skyrocket overnight, because reason #14 doesn't apply the other way around.
16. Oil up to pay for alternative resource research
17. Because OPEC says so!
18. A special summer blend is more expensive than the winter blend, as it uses special ingredients! But I thought it was higher in the winter because of the heating demands?
19. Summer vacation, kids are off! And since they all drive cars, this makes total sense! (I guess all the school buses were running on pixie dust)
20. Memorial Day weekend and Independence Day, even tho it's still May and that's in July.
21. Weak dollar causing gas prices to rise
22. Strong dollar gets it back under $80
23. Fuel supply shortage (because OPEC cut the supply in half, right?)
24. Dollar against the Euro
25. See #1 - winter heating, as it got cold in some parts of the U.S. in October, thanks to...global warming?
*NEW*
26. Libya. It's all about Libya
27. No it's not, says Saudi Arabia. Everything is fine. Not sure why the high prices.
28. Gas station owners raise the prices ahead of time, expecting oil prices to go up. But then that means #14 can't be true!
29. Because of the unrest in Libya, more countries are buying from Algeria and Nigeria, which is where the U.S buy its oil from!
30. Benchmark broken, price of oil not related to price at the pump.
31. Gas prices lag behind oil prices by two of weeks, putting refiners in tight spot.
32. Because Deniers refuse to tackle Global Warming.
33. Saudi cutting back oil because market is flooded w/oil, no reason for high $.
34. "Hiring spree" means more people are using gas to drive to work!
35. River flood COULD cause disruptions, so we'd better raise it just in case.
36. Greece. Since oil dropped during the Greek riots, then following the same logic - that means demand must have plummeted. Therefore, Greece is the largest importer of oil due to all that manufacturing...forget China or the U.S.
37. Any sort of clash in Egypt is totally a legitimate reason for oil price increase.
1. Winter months, heating
2. Hurricane in Gulf of Mexico
3. Manufacturing demands by industrial nations, i.e. China
4. Americans and SUVs
5. Market speculation
6. March and April "pressures on refineries"
7. Tensions in Middle East
8. A whale died in the Atlantic
9. A turtle sneezed in the Pacific
10. Global warming
11. Pollen levels
12. Jupiter's red spot
13. The dog ate it.
14. Gas prices take a while to come down because the stations are still selling what they bought at the higher prices
15. Gas prices take no time at all to skyrocket overnight, because reason #14 doesn't apply the other way around.
16. Oil up to pay for alternative resource research
17. Because OPEC says so!
18. A special summer blend is more expensive than the winter blend, as it uses special ingredients! But I thought it was higher in the winter because of the heating demands?
19. Summer vacation, kids are off! And since they all drive cars, this makes total sense! (I guess all the school buses were running on pixie dust)
20. Memorial Day weekend and Independence Day, even tho it's still May and that's in July.
21. Weak dollar causing gas prices to rise
22. Strong dollar gets it back under $80
23. Fuel supply shortage (because OPEC cut the supply in half, right?)
24. Dollar against the Euro
25. See #1 - winter heating, as it got cold in some parts of the U.S. in October, thanks to...global warming?
*NEW*
26. Libya. It's all about Libya
27. No it's not, says Saudi Arabia. Everything is fine. Not sure why the high prices.
28. Gas station owners raise the prices ahead of time, expecting oil prices to go up. But then that means #14 can't be true!
29. Because of the unrest in Libya, more countries are buying from Algeria and Nigeria, which is where the U.S buy its oil from!
30. Benchmark broken, price of oil not related to price at the pump.
31. Gas prices lag behind oil prices by two of weeks, putting refiners in tight spot.
32. Because Deniers refuse to tackle Global Warming.
33. Saudi cutting back oil because market is flooded w/oil, no reason for high $.
34. "Hiring spree" means more people are using gas to drive to work!
35. River flood COULD cause disruptions, so we'd better raise it just in case.
36. Greece. Since oil dropped during the Greek riots, then following the same logic - that means demand must have plummeted. Therefore, Greece is the largest importer of oil due to all that manufacturing...forget China or the U.S.
37. Any sort of clash in Egypt is totally a legitimate reason for oil price increase.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
"Saudi Arabia is trying to put more oil on the market, but no-one is buying it
"There is plenty of oil on the market. Stocks are very high....."
After Wednesday's meeting fell apart, leading OPEC member Saudi Arabia, holder of most of the world's surplus oil production capacity, said it would provide as much oil as the market needed.
"Saudi Arabia is trying to put more oil on the market, but no-one is buying it," Badri said.
Iran and the upsurge in political tension associated with this year's Arab world unrest was again seen by analysts as the root cause of Wednesday's OPEC upheaval.
The second biggest OPEC member after Saudi Arabia, Iran is the leading price "hawk," which favors expensive oil, while Saudi Arabia has typically acted to moderate prices.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/09/us-opec-idUSTRE7582C620110609
(Reuters) - Economics, rather than politics was behind the collapse of this week's OPEC talks and the group as a whole would act if it grew worried about oil supplies running short, a top OPEC official said on Thursday.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries met for the first time this year on Wednesday and for the first time in around a decade failed to make a decision on output policy.
"Now we are unhappy that we did not reach a decision but this is not the end of the world," OPEC Secretary General Abdullah al-Badri told Reuters. "It was not political, it was really an economic situation."
"Of course, for the past six years we have enjoyed a very relaxed atmosphere, now we have some tension. I hope we will overcome it."
Numbers compiled at the OPEC headquarters in Vienna had implied the market needed around 2 million barrels per day (bpd) more oil for the third quarter of this year and 1.5 million bpd for the fourth quarter, Badri told a World Economic Forum conference.
But he said some of the 12 members of OPEC had different numbers and were unable to agree on any need for more oil, even though oil prices are trading far above $100 a barrel.
For now he said the market was comfortably supplied.
"There is plenty of oil on the market. Stocks are very high, about three days above the five-year average," Badri said.
"We have to watch the market very carefully. If we see the market is imbalanced or some drastic things happen, we will alert our member countries."
SAUDI BARRELS NOT WANTED?
After Wednesday's meeting fell apart, leading OPEC member Saudi Arabia, holder of most of the world's surplus oil production capacity, said it would provide as much oil as the market needed.
"Saudi Arabia is trying to put more oil on the market, but no-one is buying it," Badri said.
He said over the course of OPEC's 50-year history, OPEC meetings had failed to reach agreement before. One instance was in 2000 when Iran refused to sign up to a decision and reacted to what it saw as undue U.S. pressure for more oil.
Iran and the upsurge in political tension associated with this year's Arab world unrest was again seen by analysts as the root cause of Wednesday's OPEC upheaval.
The second biggest OPEC member after Saudi Arabia, Iran is the leading price "hawk," which favors expensive oil, while Saudi Arabia has typically acted to moderate prices.
Badri would not be drawn on a precise price target, saying OPEC no longer had one, but he implied the need for relatively high prices.
The range previously backed by OPEC of around $75-$85 had, he said, been made obsolete by rising inflation, notably higher food costs.
Arab world unrest had added a roughly $15-$20 a barrel premium, he said, and also repeated his long-held criticism of speculation and taxes, arguing they boosted international futures prices and prices at the pump, respectively.
"The G7 (Group of Seven industrialized nations) is making more money from our exports than the member countries. When prices go up, if we increase production, they should increase tax," he said.
This year's oil price rally to a high above $127 a barrel for Brent in April piled the pressure on OPEC to raise formally an output target last revised in December 2008.
Badri said he had received a telephone call from Nobuo Tanaka, head of the International Energy Agency, before the OPEC meeting.
Badri referred to Tanaka as "my friend," but said: "I wish they (the IEA) would stop talking to us before the meetings."
After Wednesday's meeting fell apart, leading OPEC member Saudi Arabia, holder of most of the world's surplus oil production capacity, said it would provide as much oil as the market needed.
"Saudi Arabia is trying to put more oil on the market, but no-one is buying it," Badri said.
Iran and the upsurge in political tension associated with this year's Arab world unrest was again seen by analysts as the root cause of Wednesday's OPEC upheaval.
The second biggest OPEC member after Saudi Arabia, Iran is the leading price "hawk," which favors expensive oil, while Saudi Arabia has typically acted to moderate prices.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/09/us-opec-idUSTRE7582C620110609
(Reuters) - Economics, rather than politics was behind the collapse of this week's OPEC talks and the group as a whole would act if it grew worried about oil supplies running short, a top OPEC official said on Thursday.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries met for the first time this year on Wednesday and for the first time in around a decade failed to make a decision on output policy.
"Now we are unhappy that we did not reach a decision but this is not the end of the world," OPEC Secretary General Abdullah al-Badri told Reuters. "It was not political, it was really an economic situation."
"Of course, for the past six years we have enjoyed a very relaxed atmosphere, now we have some tension. I hope we will overcome it."
Numbers compiled at the OPEC headquarters in Vienna had implied the market needed around 2 million barrels per day (bpd) more oil for the third quarter of this year and 1.5 million bpd for the fourth quarter, Badri told a World Economic Forum conference.
But he said some of the 12 members of OPEC had different numbers and were unable to agree on any need for more oil, even though oil prices are trading far above $100 a barrel.
For now he said the market was comfortably supplied.
"There is plenty of oil on the market. Stocks are very high, about three days above the five-year average," Badri said.
"We have to watch the market very carefully. If we see the market is imbalanced or some drastic things happen, we will alert our member countries."
SAUDI BARRELS NOT WANTED?
After Wednesday's meeting fell apart, leading OPEC member Saudi Arabia, holder of most of the world's surplus oil production capacity, said it would provide as much oil as the market needed.
"Saudi Arabia is trying to put more oil on the market, but no-one is buying it," Badri said.
He said over the course of OPEC's 50-year history, OPEC meetings had failed to reach agreement before. One instance was in 2000 when Iran refused to sign up to a decision and reacted to what it saw as undue U.S. pressure for more oil.
Iran and the upsurge in political tension associated with this year's Arab world unrest was again seen by analysts as the root cause of Wednesday's OPEC upheaval.
The second biggest OPEC member after Saudi Arabia, Iran is the leading price "hawk," which favors expensive oil, while Saudi Arabia has typically acted to moderate prices.
Badri would not be drawn on a precise price target, saying OPEC no longer had one, but he implied the need for relatively high prices.
The range previously backed by OPEC of around $75-$85 had, he said, been made obsolete by rising inflation, notably higher food costs.
Arab world unrest had added a roughly $15-$20 a barrel premium, he said, and also repeated his long-held criticism of speculation and taxes, arguing they boosted international futures prices and prices at the pump, respectively.
"The G7 (Group of Seven industrialized nations) is making more money from our exports than the member countries. When prices go up, if we increase production, they should increase tax," he said.
This year's oil price rally to a high above $127 a barrel for Brent in April piled the pressure on OPEC to raise formally an output target last revised in December 2008.
Badri said he had received a telephone call from Nobuo Tanaka, head of the International Energy Agency, before the OPEC meeting.
Badri referred to Tanaka as "my friend," but said: "I wish they (the IEA) would stop talking to us before the meetings."
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
OIL UP IMMEDIATELY on OPEC Announcement
OPEC says it could not reach an agreement to raise production (because there is no need to increase production, the market is already flooded w/over-abundance), and instantly oil returns to over $100 a barrel and still rising.
http://money.cnn.com/2011/06/08/markets/opec_oil_production/index.htm?iid=HP_LN
Can anyone use any of the excuses we have been tracking (see the DS Excuse Tracker)to explain this? Did the supply of oil just plummet at the time of this press release? Did world demand just suddenly increase ten fold within minutes? Was there a currency devaluation of dramatic proportions within minutes of this press release? Did a new war just break out within minutes of this press release?
The answer is no. No such coincidence. No such excuse.
Pure speculation on Wall Street.....with the threat of raised production not to occur, let the speculation and buying of oil shares (without having to take actual possession of the purchases) begin.
Article:
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Oil prices breached the $100-a-barrel mark Wednesday after OPEC said it could not reach an agreement about raising crude production.
U.S. crude jumped $1.70, or 1.7%, to $100.81 a barrel. Oil prices were trading down about $1 just before the OPEC announcement. The price of brent crude - the European benchmark - rose 1.2% to $118.20 a barrel.
OPEC's quarterly meeting was widely watched by analysts. The cartel had been under intense pressure to raise production as oil prices approached $120 a barrel last month.
But cartel members were unable to reach a decision to do that, with at least three members reportedly holding steadfast against any production increase. OPEC ministers said they'll take another three months before considering any increase in oil output, according to CNN.
http://money.cnn.com/2011/06/08/markets/opec_oil_production/index.htm?iid=HP_LN
Can anyone use any of the excuses we have been tracking (see the DS Excuse Tracker)to explain this? Did the supply of oil just plummet at the time of this press release? Did world demand just suddenly increase ten fold within minutes? Was there a currency devaluation of dramatic proportions within minutes of this press release? Did a new war just break out within minutes of this press release?
The answer is no. No such coincidence. No such excuse.
Pure speculation on Wall Street.....with the threat of raised production not to occur, let the speculation and buying of oil shares (without having to take actual possession of the purchases) begin.
Article:
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Oil prices breached the $100-a-barrel mark Wednesday after OPEC said it could not reach an agreement about raising crude production.
U.S. crude jumped $1.70, or 1.7%, to $100.81 a barrel. Oil prices were trading down about $1 just before the OPEC announcement. The price of brent crude - the European benchmark - rose 1.2% to $118.20 a barrel.
OPEC's quarterly meeting was widely watched by analysts. The cartel had been under intense pressure to raise production as oil prices approached $120 a barrel last month.
But cartel members were unable to reach a decision to do that, with at least three members reportedly holding steadfast against any production increase. OPEC ministers said they'll take another three months before considering any increase in oil output, according to CNN.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
SHOCKER: Oil speculators charged with price manipulation
http://money.cnn.com/2011/05/24/markets/oil_price_speculation/index.htm
New YORK (CNNMoney) -- Federal regulators charged five oil speculators Tuesday with manipulating the price of crude and making a $50 million profit from the scheme.
http://money.cnn.com/2011/05/24/markets/oil_price_speculation/index.htm
One small step for CFTC in the right direction. One giant leap is now needed to cure the problem. Continued investigation is warranted, do not stop here.
Simple really, when the prices reflect high demand, yet the suppliers are dealing w/oversupply and storage issues, this means there is no one RECEIVING what they "purchased". It's a red flag.
Also necessary, find out who constantly leaks/releases to the press the constant fudge excuses for higher prices at the pump. Trace it all the way back and I bet you find the arsonists known as speculators.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Oil Speculators: Manipulative Evil Masterminds or Just Savvy Investors?
Daily Finance Article:
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/05/10/oil-speculators-manipulative-evil-masterminds-or-just-savvy-inv/
Oil Speculators: Manipulative Evil Masterminds or Just Savvy Investors?
Floods drives up gas prices
Nope. I'm not kidding.
http://money.cnn.com/2011/05/11/markets/gas_prices_flood/index.htm?source=cnn_bin&hpt=Sbin
"When we've had flood waters in this part of Louisiana before, it has closed up to 12 refineries," said Peter Beutel, analyst with energy risk management firm Cameron Hanover, referring to the impact of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. "The fear here is that we could see refineries close again."
We're not even getting the decency anymore of hearing an excuse telling us that it actually is causing disruption. Now we're getting "it coulds" for an excuse to raise the prices.
"The concern is that the infrastructure could be dampened or knocked out for a while," said Joseph Stanislaw, an independent senior adviser at Deloitte LLP & Touche LLP.
Time to add to the list again.
DS Gas Price Excuse Tracker for reasons that gas prices increase:
1. Winter months, heating
2. Hurricane in Gulf of Mexico
3. Manufacturing demands by industrial nations, i.e. China
4. Americans and SUVs
5. Market speculation
6. March and April "pressures on refineries"
7. Tensions in Middle East
8. A whale died in the Atlantic
9. A turtle sneezed in the Pacific
10. Global warming
11. Pollen levels
12. Jupiter's red spot
13. The dog ate it.
14. Gas prices take a while to come down because the stations are still selling what they bought at the higher prices
15. Gas prices take no time at all to skyrocket overnight, because reason #14 doesn't apply the other way around.
16. Oil up to pay for alternative resource research
17. Because OPEC says so!
18. A special summer blend is more expensive than the winter blend, as it uses special ingredients! But I thought it was higher in the winter because of the heating demands?
19. Summer vacation, kids are off! And since they all drive cars, this makes total sense! (I guess all the school buses were running on pixie dust)
20. Memorial Day weekend and Independence Day, even tho it's still May and that's in July.
21. Weak dollar causing gas prices to rise
22. Strong dollar gets it back under $80
23. Fuel supply shortage (because OPEC cut the supply in half, right?)
24. Dollar against the Euro
25. See #1 - winter heating, as it got cold in some parts of the U.S. in October, thanks to...global warming?
*NEW*
26. Libya. It's all about Libya
27. No it's not, says Saudi Arabia. Everything is fine. Not sure why the high prices.
28. Gas station owners raise the prices ahead of time, expecting oil prices to go up. But then that means #14 can't be true!
29. Because of the unrest in Libya, more countries are buying from Algeria and Nigeria, which is where the U.S buy its oil from!
30. Benchmark broken, price of oil not related to price at the pump.
31. Gas prices lag behind oil prices by two of weeks, putting refiners in tight spot.
32. Because Deniers refuse to tackle Global Warming.
33. Saudi cutting back oil because market is flooded w/oil, no reason for high $.
34. "Hiring spree" means more people are using gas to drive to work!
35. River flood COULD cause disruptions, so we'd better raise it just in case.
http://money.cnn.com/2011/05/11/markets/gas_prices_flood/index.htm?source=cnn_bin&hpt=Sbin
"When we've had flood waters in this part of Louisiana before, it has closed up to 12 refineries," said Peter Beutel, analyst with energy risk management firm Cameron Hanover, referring to the impact of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. "The fear here is that we could see refineries close again."
We're not even getting the decency anymore of hearing an excuse telling us that it actually is causing disruption. Now we're getting "it coulds" for an excuse to raise the prices.
"The concern is that the infrastructure could be dampened or knocked out for a while," said Joseph Stanislaw, an independent senior adviser at Deloitte LLP & Touche LLP.
Time to add to the list again.
DS Gas Price Excuse Tracker for reasons that gas prices increase:
1. Winter months, heating
2. Hurricane in Gulf of Mexico
3. Manufacturing demands by industrial nations, i.e. China
4. Americans and SUVs
5. Market speculation
6. March and April "pressures on refineries"
7. Tensions in Middle East
8. A whale died in the Atlantic
9. A turtle sneezed in the Pacific
10. Global warming
11. Pollen levels
12. Jupiter's red spot
13. The dog ate it.
14. Gas prices take a while to come down because the stations are still selling what they bought at the higher prices
15. Gas prices take no time at all to skyrocket overnight, because reason #14 doesn't apply the other way around.
16. Oil up to pay for alternative resource research
17. Because OPEC says so!
18. A special summer blend is more expensive than the winter blend, as it uses special ingredients! But I thought it was higher in the winter because of the heating demands?
19. Summer vacation, kids are off! And since they all drive cars, this makes total sense! (I guess all the school buses were running on pixie dust)
20. Memorial Day weekend and Independence Day, even tho it's still May and that's in July.
21. Weak dollar causing gas prices to rise
22. Strong dollar gets it back under $80
23. Fuel supply shortage (because OPEC cut the supply in half, right?)
24. Dollar against the Euro
25. See #1 - winter heating, as it got cold in some parts of the U.S. in October, thanks to...global warming?
*NEW*
26. Libya. It's all about Libya
27. No it's not, says Saudi Arabia. Everything is fine. Not sure why the high prices.
28. Gas station owners raise the prices ahead of time, expecting oil prices to go up. But then that means #14 can't be true!
29. Because of the unrest in Libya, more countries are buying from Algeria and Nigeria, which is where the U.S buy its oil from!
30. Benchmark broken, price of oil not related to price at the pump.
31. Gas prices lag behind oil prices by two of weeks, putting refiners in tight spot.
32. Because Deniers refuse to tackle Global Warming.
33. Saudi cutting back oil because market is flooded w/oil, no reason for high $.
34. "Hiring spree" means more people are using gas to drive to work!
35. River flood COULD cause disruptions, so we'd better raise it just in case.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Vicious Cycle
How many investigation teams and/or czars will we need in order to figure out what intelligent U.S. citizens seemingly already know? The economy simply can not recover, when by every time the economy show signs (or said to be showing signs) it is recovering, investors send oil price futures through the roof. This in turn tanks the economy. Oil tanks other commodities. Economy tanks, oil plummets. Economy picks itself up. 2008, rinse repeat.
Did it ever occur to the D.C. intelligence that house payments / car payments for those paycheck in paycheck out Americans got difficult to make, when their gas-ups got 3-4X more expensive per fill? Just to get to work? Just to BE the economy?
The economy CAN NOT recover if it is offset each and every time by this ridiculous speculation of "oil futures". It MUST be dealt with. If you can not take delivery of oil, you can not be speculating and artificially jacking the prices.
Investigate THAT.
Friday, May 6, 2011
CNN Says WE are to blame
CNN puts up a video on their front page, "explaining" to us how
WE are to blame for the high gas prices at the pump.
WE are to blame for the high gas prices at the pump.
Oil prices move higher after strong jobs report?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42929608/
Amazing! Yesterday oil plummeted due to unemployment figures, yet not less than 24 hours the economy added 220,000 new jobs. Oil rises. Apparently exactly half of the 440,000 unemployed last night all were hired in the middle of the night and drove to work this morning! WOW!!!
And we have another excuse to add to the DS Gas Price Excuse Tracker!
"The hiring spree last month was the biggest in five years. That could mean more people using gas to drive to work."
(interestingly enough, the link for the article from yesterday discussing oil's drop has been erased and changed to a different article about the increase...why?)
DS Gas Price Excuse Tracker for reasons that gas prices increase:
1. Winter months, heating
2. Hurricane in Gulf of Mexico
3. Manufacturing demands by industrial nations, i.e. China
4. Americans and SUVs
5. Market speculation
6. March and April "pressures on refineries"
7. Tensions in Middle East
8. A whale died in the Atlantic
9. A turtle sneezed in the Pacific
10. Global warming
11. Pollen levels
12. Jupiter's red spot
13. The dog ate it.
14. Gas prices take a while to come down because the stations are still selling what they bought at the higher prices
15. Gas prices take no time at all to skyrocket overnight, because reason #14 doesn't apply the other way around.
16. Oil up to pay for alternative resource research
17. Because OPEC says so!
18. A special summer blend is more expensive than the winter blend, as it uses special ingredients! But I thought it was higher in the winter because of the heating demands?
19. Summer vacation, kids are off! And since they all drive cars, this makes total sense! (I guess all the school buses were running on pixie dust)
20. Memorial Day weekend and Independence Day, even tho it's still May and that's in July.
21. Weak dollar causing gas prices to rise
22. Strong dollar gets it back under $80
23. Fuel supply shortage (because OPEC cut the supply in half, right?)
24. Dollar against the Euro
25. See #1 - winter heating, as it got cold in some parts of the U.S. in October, thanks to...global warming?
*NEW*
26. Libya. It's all about Libya
27. No it's not, says Saudi Arabia. Everything is fine. Not sure why the high prices.
28. Gas station owners raise the prices ahead of time, expecting oil prices to go up. But then that means #14 can't be true!
29. Because of the unrest in Libya, more countries are buying from Algeria and Nigeria, which is where the U.S buy its oil from!
30. Benchmark broken, price of oil not related to price at the pump.
31. Gas prices lag behind oil prices by two of weeks, putting refiners in tight spot.
32. Because Deniers refuse to tackle Global Warming.
33. Saudi cutting back oil because market is flooded w/oil, no reason for high $.
34. "Hiring spree" means more people are using gas to drive to work!
Amazing! Yesterday oil plummeted due to unemployment figures, yet not less than 24 hours the economy added 220,000 new jobs. Oil rises. Apparently exactly half of the 440,000 unemployed last night all were hired in the middle of the night and drove to work this morning! WOW!!!
And we have another excuse to add to the DS Gas Price Excuse Tracker!
"The hiring spree last month was the biggest in five years. That could mean more people using gas to drive to work."
(interestingly enough, the link for the article from yesterday discussing oil's drop has been erased and changed to a different article about the increase...why?)
DS Gas Price Excuse Tracker for reasons that gas prices increase:
1. Winter months, heating
2. Hurricane in Gulf of Mexico
3. Manufacturing demands by industrial nations, i.e. China
4. Americans and SUVs
5. Market speculation
6. March and April "pressures on refineries"
7. Tensions in Middle East
8. A whale died in the Atlantic
9. A turtle sneezed in the Pacific
10. Global warming
11. Pollen levels
12. Jupiter's red spot
13. The dog ate it.
14. Gas prices take a while to come down because the stations are still selling what they bought at the higher prices
15. Gas prices take no time at all to skyrocket overnight, because reason #14 doesn't apply the other way around.
16. Oil up to pay for alternative resource research
17. Because OPEC says so!
18. A special summer blend is more expensive than the winter blend, as it uses special ingredients! But I thought it was higher in the winter because of the heating demands?
19. Summer vacation, kids are off! And since they all drive cars, this makes total sense! (I guess all the school buses were running on pixie dust)
20. Memorial Day weekend and Independence Day, even tho it's still May and that's in July.
21. Weak dollar causing gas prices to rise
22. Strong dollar gets it back under $80
23. Fuel supply shortage (because OPEC cut the supply in half, right?)
24. Dollar against the Euro
25. See #1 - winter heating, as it got cold in some parts of the U.S. in October, thanks to...global warming?
*NEW*
26. Libya. It's all about Libya
27. No it's not, says Saudi Arabia. Everything is fine. Not sure why the high prices.
28. Gas station owners raise the prices ahead of time, expecting oil prices to go up. But then that means #14 can't be true!
29. Because of the unrest in Libya, more countries are buying from Algeria and Nigeria, which is where the U.S buy its oil from!
30. Benchmark broken, price of oil not related to price at the pump.
31. Gas prices lag behind oil prices by two of weeks, putting refiners in tight spot.
32. Because Deniers refuse to tackle Global Warming.
33. Saudi cutting back oil because market is flooded w/oil, no reason for high $.
34. "Hiring spree" means more people are using gas to drive to work!
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Oil crashes 10 percent in record rout
http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=OBR&date=20110505&id=13570430
And we should IMMEDIATELY see lower gas prices at the pump tomorrow morning to reflect this....just as fast as we see the higher prices reflect the same, at those very same pumps.....
Oh wait, that's right, that's not how it works....
Quote from article:
"Additional pressure came from news OPEC was considering raising formal output limits when it meets in June to convince oil markets it wants to bring prices down and reverse the impact of fuel inflation on economic growth."
Did OPEC just say they were actually going to do something that would HELP the economy? As in, raising the output limits that they had lowered, prior to the first meltdown?
I think they did.
And we should IMMEDIATELY see lower gas prices at the pump tomorrow morning to reflect this....just as fast as we see the higher prices reflect the same, at those very same pumps.....
Oh wait, that's right, that's not how it works....
Quote from article:
"Additional pressure came from news OPEC was considering raising formal output limits when it meets in June to convince oil markets it wants to bring prices down and reverse the impact of fuel inflation on economic growth."
Did OPEC just say they were actually going to do something that would HELP the economy? As in, raising the output limits that they had lowered, prior to the first meltdown?
I think they did.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
DS Gas Price Excuse Tracker 4/21/11 Update
Well it wouldn't be another day without another excuse, I mean...the "real reason", why gas prices are so high.
http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/21/markets/oil_gas_prices/index.htm?hpt=T1
Because it's a broken benchmark that has something to do with West Texas and Oklahoma, blah blah blah. "The answer is that the price of oil Americans see every day has little to do with the price of gasoline at the pump." Really? Well why is that?
Also, "it's important to remember that oil and gasoline prices don't move in lockstep with one another. Gas prices lag behind oil prices by a couple of weeks.....During the oil price spike of 2008, gas prices were still trying to catch up as oil prices had already started falling. That put refiners in a tight spot."
Oh my, we wouldn't want them in a tight spot, now would we? Well then, I guess that settles it then.
Or maybe not....
Because Climate Change Deniers refuse to tackle Global Warming.
http://michellemalkin.com/2011/04/21/obama-climate-change-deniers/
Time to update the list!
DS Gas Price Excuse Tracker for reasons that gas prices increase:
1. Winter months, heating
2. Hurricane in Gulf of Mexico
3. Manufacturing demands by industrial nations, i.e. China
4. Americans and SUVs
5. Market speculation
6. March and April "pressures on refineries"
7. Tensions in Middle East
8. A whale died in the Atlantic
9. A turtle sneezed in the Pacific
10. Global warming
11. Pollen levels
12. Jupiter's red spot
13. The dog ate it.
14. Gas prices take a while to come down because the stations are still selling what they bought at the higher prices
15. Gas prices take no time at all to skyrocket overnight, because reason #14 doesn't apply the other way around.
16. Oil up to pay for alternative resource research
17. Because OPEC says so!
18. A special summer blend is more expensive than the winter blend, as it uses special ingredients! But I thought it was higher in the winter because of the heating demands?
19. Summer vacation, kids are off! And since they all drive cars, this makes total sense!
20. Memorial Day weekend and Independence Day, even tho it's still May and that's in July.
21. Weak dollar causing gas prices to rise
22. Strong dollar gets it back under $80
23. Fuel supply shortage (because OPEC cut the supply in half, right?)
24. Dollar against the Euro
25. See #1 - winter heating, as it got cold in some parts of the U.S. in October, thanks to...global warming?
*NEW*
26. Libya. It's all about Libya
27. No it's not, says Saudi Arabia. Everything is fine. Not sure why the high prices.
28. Gas station owners raise the prices ahead of time, expecting oil prices to go up. But then that means #14 can't be true!
29. Because of the unrest in Libya, more countries are buying from Algeria and Nigeria, which is where the U.S buy its oil from!
30. Benchmark broken, price of oil not related to price at the pump.
31. Gas prices lag behind oil prices by two of weeks, putting refiners in tight spot.
32. Because Deniers refuse to tackle Global Warming.
33. Saudi cutting back oil because market is flooded w/oil, no reason for high $.
http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/21/markets/oil_gas_prices/index.htm?hpt=T1
Because it's a broken benchmark that has something to do with West Texas and Oklahoma, blah blah blah. "The answer is that the price of oil Americans see every day has little to do with the price of gasoline at the pump." Really? Well why is that?
Also, "it's important to remember that oil and gasoline prices don't move in lockstep with one another. Gas prices lag behind oil prices by a couple of weeks.....During the oil price spike of 2008, gas prices were still trying to catch up as oil prices had already started falling. That put refiners in a tight spot."
Oh my, we wouldn't want them in a tight spot, now would we? Well then, I guess that settles it then.
Or maybe not....
Because Climate Change Deniers refuse to tackle Global Warming.
http://michellemalkin.com/2011/04/21/obama-climate-change-deniers/
Time to update the list!
DS Gas Price Excuse Tracker for reasons that gas prices increase:
1. Winter months, heating
2. Hurricane in Gulf of Mexico
3. Manufacturing demands by industrial nations, i.e. China
4. Americans and SUVs
5. Market speculation
6. March and April "pressures on refineries"
7. Tensions in Middle East
8. A whale died in the Atlantic
9. A turtle sneezed in the Pacific
10. Global warming
11. Pollen levels
12. Jupiter's red spot
13. The dog ate it.
14. Gas prices take a while to come down because the stations are still selling what they bought at the higher prices
15. Gas prices take no time at all to skyrocket overnight, because reason #14 doesn't apply the other way around.
16. Oil up to pay for alternative resource research
17. Because OPEC says so!
18. A special summer blend is more expensive than the winter blend, as it uses special ingredients! But I thought it was higher in the winter because of the heating demands?
19. Summer vacation, kids are off! And since they all drive cars, this makes total sense!
20. Memorial Day weekend and Independence Day, even tho it's still May and that's in July.
21. Weak dollar causing gas prices to rise
22. Strong dollar gets it back under $80
23. Fuel supply shortage (because OPEC cut the supply in half, right?)
24. Dollar against the Euro
25. See #1 - winter heating, as it got cold in some parts of the U.S. in October, thanks to...global warming?
*NEW*
26. Libya. It's all about Libya
27. No it's not, says Saudi Arabia. Everything is fine. Not sure why the high prices.
28. Gas station owners raise the prices ahead of time, expecting oil prices to go up. But then that means #14 can't be true!
29. Because of the unrest in Libya, more countries are buying from Algeria and Nigeria, which is where the U.S buy its oil from!
30. Benchmark broken, price of oil not related to price at the pump.
31. Gas prices lag behind oil prices by two of weeks, putting refiners in tight spot.
32. Because Deniers refuse to tackle Global Warming.
33. Saudi cutting back oil because market is flooded w/oil, no reason for high $.
Friday, March 18, 2011
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Dangerous
L.A. TIMES OPINION ARTICLE:
U.S. nuclear industry: Not safe enough
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-reynolds-nuclear-plants-20110318,0,6550182.story
Notice the talk always revolves around how strong an earthquake it can survive. It's bad enough building this and the other California plant near, or directly on, earthquake faults. But....no one discusses the alleged "25 foot seawall" and it setting right on the edge of the coast, practically taking a swim in the Pacific.
Should the plate that lives in the Pacific off the California coast slip and cause a wave, will we have the same power/backup power problem as Japan did?
Remember, it wasnt the earthquake. It was the tsunami!
U.S. nuclear industry: Not safe enough
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-reynolds-nuclear-plants-20110318,0,6550182.story
Notice the talk always revolves around how strong an earthquake it can survive. It's bad enough building this and the other California plant near, or directly on, earthquake faults. But....no one discusses the alleged "25 foot seawall" and it setting right on the edge of the coast, practically taking a swim in the Pacific.
Should the plate that lives in the Pacific off the California coast slip and cause a wave, will we have the same power/backup power problem as Japan did?
Remember, it wasnt the earthquake. It was the tsunami!
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Worries over Calif. nuclear plants after Japan
Utility officials assure the public that Southern California's seaside nuclear plant is safe. But San Clemente residents wonder if the facility is vulnerable to the shaking and flooding.
http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/worries-over-calif-nuclear-plants-after-japan-24542252
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant
With the nuclear power fiasco going on in Japan post: earthquake/tsunami.....it's time to look at some of our current nuclear power plants here in the United States....
I expected to find secure.....smart....locations......instead, I find an example of one not near a fault....but on a fault.....and, could they have put it any closer to the pacific ocean? I believe there is a few inches of beach left before the ocean waves....
Can it be any more alarming? Who is going to tell me this plant is defensible against a tidal wave from a quake in the Pacific? If the quake isn't directly under it's foundation.
Could we also attempt to poison the ocean with radioactivity should there be a breach, more effectively than this?
Friday, March 11, 2011
$100 per barrel is unjustified!
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal al Saud discusses the oil situation and the high prices, saying the high prices are unjustified.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/42037137
BARTIROMO: So based on where the supplies are now, the levels of supply, is oil justified at $100 a barrel?
Prince ALWALEED: It is not justified. This is a panic situation because people are concerned. They don't understand what's going on, they just are worried about what's happening in Libya. And I tell you openly, bluntly and blatantly, if all the production of Libya disappears, one country only, which is Saudi Arabia, can cover it immediately.
See more of the transcript here
http://www.cnbc.com/id/42037137
BARTIROMO: So based on where the supplies are now, the levels of supply, is oil justified at $100 a barrel?
Prince ALWALEED: It is not justified. This is a panic situation because people are concerned. They don't understand what's going on, they just are worried about what's happening in Libya. And I tell you openly, bluntly and blatantly, if all the production of Libya disappears, one country only, which is Saudi Arabia, can cover it immediately.
See more of the transcript here
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
.OIL FUTURES: Crude Retreats On Rising US Oil Stockpiles
Wall Street Journal Reports:
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110309-711419.html
Of significance:
Saudi Arabia has said it is increasing production to make up for at least some lost Libyan crude oil. The kingdom's oil minister, Ali al-Naimi, on Tuesday said there is enough crude oil and spare capacity in the market to meet demand.
and.....:
"The inventories are weighing a little bit," said Dominick Chirichella, an oil analyst with the Energy Management Institute. "But we're still in the Libya mode."
We're still in "Libya mode". Yes, yet another "mode" in addition to the 100s of other "modes" that we use to speculate and excuse raising gasoline prices.
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110309-711419.html
Of significance:
Saudi Arabia has said it is increasing production to make up for at least some lost Libyan crude oil. The kingdom's oil minister, Ali al-Naimi, on Tuesday said there is enough crude oil and spare capacity in the market to meet demand.
and.....:
"The inventories are weighing a little bit," said Dominick Chirichella, an oil analyst with the Energy Management Institute. "But we're still in the Libya mode."
We're still in "Libya mode". Yes, yet another "mode" in addition to the 100s of other "modes" that we use to speculate and excuse raising gasoline prices.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
DS Gas Price Excuse Tracker - Update!
According to CNN HLN, the gas prices going up IS because of the situation in Libya.
Even though Libya supplies only 2% of the world's oil, they claim, it's a very rich type of oil that is used for blends. Libya's largest customer is primarily Asia.
So....if Asia can't buy Libya's oil, they will have to buy oil from Algeria and Nigeria, which according to the CNN report, is where the United States buys ITS oil from.
That's a new one! That would almost conflict with about half of the previous excuses, wouldn't it? Algeria and Nigeria? Really?
DS Gas Price Excuse Tracker for reasons that gas prices increase:
1. Winter months, heating
2. Hurricane in Gulf of Mexico
3. Manufacturing demands by industrial nations, i.e. China
4. Americans and SUVs
5. Market speculation
6. March and April "pressures on refineries"
7. Tensions in Middle East
8. A whale died in the Atlantic
9. A turtle sneezed in the Pacific
10. Global warming
11. Pollen levels
12. Jupiter's red spot
13. The dog ate it.
14. Gas prices take a while to come down because the stations are still selling what they bought at the higher prices
15. Gas prices take no time at all to skyrocket overnight, because reason #14 doesn't apply the other way around.
16. Oil up to pay for alternative resource research
17. Because OPEC says so!
18. A special summer blend is more expensive than the winter blend, as it uses special ingredients! But I thought it was higher in the winter because of the heating demands?
19. Summer vacation, kids are off! And since they all drive cars, this makes total sense!
20. Memorial Day weekend and Independence Day, even tho it's still May and that's in July.
21. Weak dollar causing gas prices to rise
22. Strong dollar gets it back under $80
23. Fuel supply shortage (because OPEC cut the supply in half, right?)
24. Dollar against the Euro
25. See #1 - winter heating, as it got cold in some parts of the U.S. in October, thanks to...global warming?
*NEW*
26. Libya. It's all about Libya
27. No it's not, says Saudi Arabia. Everything is fine. Not sure why the high prices.
28. Gas station owners raise the prices ahead of time, expecting oil prices to go up. But then that means #14 can't be true!
29. Because of the unrest in Libya, more countries are buying from Algeria and Nigeria, which is where the U.S buy its oil from!
Even though Libya supplies only 2% of the world's oil, they claim, it's a very rich type of oil that is used for blends. Libya's largest customer is primarily Asia.
So....if Asia can't buy Libya's oil, they will have to buy oil from Algeria and Nigeria, which according to the CNN report, is where the United States buys ITS oil from.
That's a new one! That would almost conflict with about half of the previous excuses, wouldn't it? Algeria and Nigeria? Really?
DS Gas Price Excuse Tracker for reasons that gas prices increase:
1. Winter months, heating
2. Hurricane in Gulf of Mexico
3. Manufacturing demands by industrial nations, i.e. China
4. Americans and SUVs
5. Market speculation
6. March and April "pressures on refineries"
7. Tensions in Middle East
8. A whale died in the Atlantic
9. A turtle sneezed in the Pacific
10. Global warming
11. Pollen levels
12. Jupiter's red spot
13. The dog ate it.
14. Gas prices take a while to come down because the stations are still selling what they bought at the higher prices
15. Gas prices take no time at all to skyrocket overnight, because reason #14 doesn't apply the other way around.
16. Oil up to pay for alternative resource research
17. Because OPEC says so!
18. A special summer blend is more expensive than the winter blend, as it uses special ingredients! But I thought it was higher in the winter because of the heating demands?
19. Summer vacation, kids are off! And since they all drive cars, this makes total sense!
20. Memorial Day weekend and Independence Day, even tho it's still May and that's in July.
21. Weak dollar causing gas prices to rise
22. Strong dollar gets it back under $80
23. Fuel supply shortage (because OPEC cut the supply in half, right?)
24. Dollar against the Euro
25. See #1 - winter heating, as it got cold in some parts of the U.S. in October, thanks to...global warming?
*NEW*
26. Libya. It's all about Libya
27. No it's not, says Saudi Arabia. Everything is fine. Not sure why the high prices.
28. Gas station owners raise the prices ahead of time, expecting oil prices to go up. But then that means #14 can't be true!
29. Because of the unrest in Libya, more countries are buying from Algeria and Nigeria, which is where the U.S buy its oil from!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
DS Gas Price Excuse Tracker - Update!
OIL PRICES RISE, GAS AT THE PUMPS MORE EXPENSIVE...
So what is it this time?
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/22/oil-soars-near-3-libya-chaos-deepens/
The Libyan crisis, that's what causes the gas prices to increase!
But wait! There's more!
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2dd671e6-3ea1-11e0-834e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss#axzz1EjpP6Vcs
“I don’t know if anybody right now knows what is happening in Libya,” said Mr Naimi. “Whatever is happening in Libya, the disruption to oil markets has not happened. When we see a shortage in supply, we will rectify that immediately.”
He added: “There’s absolutely no reason to be concerned on the supply side even if disruption were to happen.”
According to the Saudis, what is happening in Libya, should not be effecting the price of oil! So.....why ARE the prices going up at the gas pumps?
According to new reports, it's the gas station owners raising the prices ahead of time, so that they can afford to pay higher prices when its time to buy more gasoline.
So THAT's why gas prices go up so high so fast, but......again.....why does it take so long to come back down....if the expectation doesn't happen?
You would think with something THIS important, that REALLY is what put the country in recession the last time, we would finally be able to figure out what the REAL reason is for why gas prices always seem to have to go up?
But until we do....then it's time to keep updating the now famous DS Gas Prices Excuse Tracker:
Excuse Tracker for reasons that gas prices increase:
1. Winter months, heating
2. Hurricane in Gulf of Mexico
3. Manufacturing demands by industrial nations, i.e. China
4. Americans and SUVs
5. Market speculation
6. March and April "pressures on refineries"
7. Tensions in Middle East
8. A whale died in the Atlantic
9. A turtle sneezed in the Pacific
10. Global warming
11. Pollen levels
12. Jupiter's red spot
13. The dog ate it.
14. Gas prices take a while to come down because the stations are still selling what they bought at the higher prices
15. Gas prices take no time at all to skyrocket overnight, because reason #14 doesn't apply the other way around.
16. Oil up to pay for alternative resource research
17. Because OPEC says so!
18. A special summer blend is more expensive than the winter blend, as it uses special ingredients! But I thought it was higher in the winter because of the heating demands?
19. Summer vacation, kids are off! And since they all drive cars, this makes total sense!
20. Memorial Day weekend and Independence Day, even tho it's still May and that's in July.
21. Weak dollar causing gas prices to rise
22. Strong dollar gets it back under $80
23. Fuel supply shortage (because OPEC cut the supply in half, right?)
24. Dollar against the Euro
25. See #1 - winter heating, as it got cold in some parts of the U.S. in October, thanks to...global warming?
*NEW*
26. Libya. It's all about Libya
27. No it's not, says Saudi Arabia. Everything is fine. Not sure why the high prices.
28. Gas station owners raise the prices ahead of time, expecting oil prices to go up. But then that means #14 can't be true!
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