Road Runner is correct, but there is also a second batch of price supporters: The exploration & driller cos, from domestic to the Saudis, need ~$70/barrel to make further extraction efforts worth it. With various corners of production needing a long-term floor to keep stable financing, and the US administration begging banks to provide financing, [[and the producers paying Congress]], then there is a triumvirate of price supporters.
(Whether it goes to the moon is debatable. But a diminishing resource needed by a population that is becoming more mobile even as it grows? Hmmm... Maybe the moon is not so lofty a goal. Next time it's <50, I'm in.)
Oil Going Off the Boil [View article]
(Whether it goes to the moon is debatable. But a diminishing resource needed by a population that is becoming more mobile even as it grows? Hmmm... Maybe the moon is not so lofty a goal. Next time it's <50, I'm in.)