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The Need for More Oil Explanations


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Given the events of the last months and especially the last couple of weeks, I felt the need for more oil explanations. Yes, more explantions about the subject of oil. Not the usual 'OPEC's greed is doing us in' line but an investigation into some of the many truths about oil, which are studiously avoided by mainstream, American media.

So to satisfy my curiosity I did a little research as I pondered the oil question. Here are some of the questions I asked, some of the results I found and some conclusions and questions that remain.

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Why the Jump in Prices?


The World's Thirst for Oil (BBC)


Tight Supply, Logistical Bottlenecks to Push Oil Prices Higher (Stratfor)


Oil Prices Could Trigger Cut in Growth (World Socialist Website)



How bad is the cartel?

OPEC: The oil cartel (BBC)



Who Suffers?

Oil prices hurt developing countries (BBC)


The Geopolitics of Expensive Oil (Stratfor)


Who's Afraid of the High Price of Oil? (Stratfor)



Why the Protests in Europe?

Fuel Protests Escalate Throughout Europe (WSWS)



Who Benefits?

Tories pledge fuel tax cut (BBC)


Why big oil backed the fuel protests in Europe (The Globe and Mail)


The High Price of Oil: A Saudi Deal? (Stratfor)
Halliburton at the Trough (The Public i)



Who Objects?

Venezuela signs cheap oil pact (BBC)



Oil Matters: oil prices start sliding (The Russia Journal)



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