Tuesday, June 12, 2012

OPEC Meeting Could Throw Off Global Energy Markets



This Thursday the leaders of OPEC will meet in Vienna to try to stabilize global oil prices. Over the last two months we’ve seen about a 20 percent drop in oil prices. While that may be good news for Americans at the pump, there are many other factors at work here. First, OPEC wants to see consistency in oil prices. The last thing they want to see is the situation they had three years ago when the price of oil went down to about $30 per barrel. OPEC wants to see oil at $100 per barrel, which is a good number for all of them. If that doesn’t happen, things could get pretty contentious. [more...] Note: Will McAndrew appeared on FOXBusiness.com and WSJ’s Marketwatch.com on this topic. 

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