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Fears of a 2008 Repeat for Oil
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Analysts fear an oil shock in 2012 similiar to that in 2008. There is similiarity in the situation now and in 2008- as in 2008, the surge in oil prices comes at a time of higher tensions with Iran and shrinking spare capacity. Spare capacity is at 2.5 million barrels a day on average for January and February 2012, according to the Energy Information Administration. This compares with 3.7 millon barrels a day for the same period in 2011. Part of the reason is that global oil demand is increasing in 2012 by 1 million barrels a day, to 89 million barrels a day. Technical and political problems have shutdown another 750,000 barrels a day. The problems begin to kick in during the second half of 2012. The U.S. ban on dealing with the Iranian central bank for oil trades starts in June 2012. According to the International Energy Agency, the EU embargo and U.S. sanctions will take 1 million barrels a day of Iranian crude out of the market. The result will be that demand exceeds supply by the third quarter by 1.1 million barrels a day, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Use of existing reserves in Europe, the U.S. and other countries will make up the gap. The effect will be to put pressure on oil prices. May Brent crude on the ICE Futures Europe exchange was up to $125.81 a barrel, on March 16, 2012, and prices for April delivery were at $107.06 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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GM Chief: Industry Ill-Placed for Oil Shock
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From Group of 8, Energy Focus Is on Oil
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OPEC Members’ Discord Adds to Slide in Oil Prices
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The challenges facing Calderon as he tries to reshape the economy of Mexico.
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The economic impact of events in Egypt on global stock markets and oil prices in 2011
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With 2.9 million barrels a day of oil passing through the Suez Canal and the Sumed pipeline, and only 2.5 million barrels a day of global spare capacity, the 3% of oil moving through Egypt does impact oil prices. The demands for democracy and free expression also have an impact across the region in other Arab and African countries, and in China which also has six decades of one-party rule.
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The problem of provider and recipient- US media coverage of Africa, the Arab world and developing countries
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The tendency of the common man in America to see developing countries as distant from their daily lives and lifestyles, except in the way it impacts the price of oil or commodities produced in these countries. Yet the huge resources spent in a time of state and federal deficits in developing countries- a trillion in Iraq, a trillion in Afghanistan- give a sense of a serious disconnect in this situation. The tendency to leave these countries to the experts and the foreign policy establishment who become complacent; and who cannot be relied on to correct misinformation and give a sense of what is really going on in a timely manner. As a result coverage comes in outbursts and policy changes come in bursts, and the public demands those changes with simplistic ideas of who is for us and against us. The cost is a runup of trillions of dollars in expenditures, compromising future economic security and overall defense needs.
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New York Times 02/05/2011
Minnesota Shutdown Continues; GOP Meets at Capitol
Wall Street Journal 07/05/2011
Tunisia Islamists Test Ideas Decades in the Making
New York Times 02/17/2012
Fears of a 2008 Repeat for Oil
Wall Street Journal 03/18/2012
The recovery of Libya's oil exports and world oil prices- 2011-2014
06/11/2011
The fall of the Gaddafi regime in Libya in August 2011 and restoration of democratic government will lead to a renewal of oil exports. Libya exported 1.5- 1.8 million barrels a day before the war against Gaddafi. The restoration of full production depends on the rebuilding of damaged refineries. This could take upto three years say experts. A psychological boost is not the same as the physical aspect of oil supplies on the ground says one analyst.
Grouped Articles
In Libya, Unrest Brings Oil Industry to Standstill
New York Times 09/12/2013
Libya's Prime Minister Presents Cabinet for Parliamentary Approval
Wall Street Journal 09/18/2014
Economist 11/06/2014
Oil Slips as Saudi, Libyan Production Worries Ease
Wall Street Journal 11/06/2014
Oil Prices on Track to Hit New Lows
Wall Street Journal 12/15/2014
Oil Companies in the Cross Hairs of Libyan Violence
Wall Street Journal 02/09/2015
U.S. Fed policy and oil prices- 2011-2012
03/05/2011
Grouped Articles
The Federal Reserve Faces an Oil Dilemma
Wall Street Journal 03/14/2011
Oil and the economy: The 2011 oil shock
Economist 03/05/2011
IEA: Recession May Bring Oil Surplus
Wall Street Journal 08/10/2011
Throwing Another Barrel of Fuel on the Euro Zone's Fire
Wall Street Journal 11/29/2011
Oil Prices Predicted to Remain Above $100 a Barrel Next Year
New York Times 12/28/2011
Wall Street Journal 01/06/2012
Unemployment, oil prices and U.S. auto sales recovery in 2011-2014
01/02/2011
Grouped Articles
U.S. Auto Sales Surge in December
Wall Street Journal 01/06/2015
Oil Prices Tumble to Fresh Lows
Wall Street Journal 01/06/2015
U.S. Car Sales Set Record in 2015
Wall Street Journal 01/06/2016
Younger Buyers Help Keep U.S. Car Sales Humming
Wall Street Journal 01/06/2016
Unemployment Puts Brakes on Auto Recovery
Wall Street Journal 01/02/2011
GM Chief: Industry Ill-Placed for Oil Shock
Wall Street Journal 03/01/2011
Growing Risks for the U.S. Economy in 2010-2012.
01/04/2010
Risks of another hit from losses on home equity loans to bank balance sheets in latter part of 2010. The situation with local and state governments in the USA cutting back significantly. The situation in Europe and an overheating Chinese economy.
Grouped Articles
The Home-Equity Hurt Ahead for Banks
BusinessWeek 04/14/2010
Beware a Bernanke-Fueled Market Bubble
BusinessWeek 05/13/2010
Don't Rule Out a Double Dip Recession
Wall Street Journal 05/24/2010
Wall Street Journal 05/22/2010
Real Disposable Income: Bad News for Democrats?
BusinessWeek 06/03/2010
Wall Street Journal 06/12/2010
China's building of its strategic oil reserves in 2011-2012 and pressure on oil prices in 2012 (1)
03/18/2012
Linked Articles
China Seen Bolstering Oil Reserves
Wall Street Journal 04/11/2012
Fears of a 2008 Repeat for Oil
Wall Street Journal 03/18/2012
Lower economic growth in the U.S. and Europe from oil price increases in 2012
03/01/2011
Linked Articles
Fears of a 2008 Repeat for Oil
Wall Street Journal 03/18/2012
Oil's Rise Threatens Economic Growth
Wall Street Journal 03/01/2011
OPEC social programs and need to maintain high oil prices
04/18/2011
PFC Energy estimates a price of $90 at which Saudi Arabia would start cutting output to maintain a floor on oil price to support large spending programs after the democracy protests in Arab countries.
Linked Articles
Fears of a 2008 Repeat for Oil
Wall Street Journal 03/18/2012
Wall Street Journal 04/18/2011
The Oil Price Shock of 2006 and the potential for oil price increases for 2012
04/29/2006
In 2006 as in 2012 the world faces tight supplies and a confrontation with Iran over its nuclear program.
Linked Articles
Fears of a 2008 Repeat for Oil
Wall Street Journal 03/18/2012
Trading Frenzy Adding to Rise in Price of Oil
New York Times 04/29/2006
Larger impact on Eurozone countries of oil price increases in 2012
01/06/2012
The decline in the value of the euro increases the impact of higher oil prices in 2012. It also comes at a bad time.
Linked Articles
Fears of a 2008 Repeat for Oil
Wall Street Journal 03/18/2012
Wall Street Journal 01/06/2012
The prospects of oil price increases in second half 2012 with an Iranian cutoff and diminishing Saudi reserve supplies
03/18/2012
Linked Articles
Fears of a 2008 Repeat for Oil
Wall Street Journal 03/18/2012
The End of the Saudi Oil Reserve Margin
Wall Street Journal 04/03/2012
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