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The calculations of the Saudis, Russia, Iran and Iraq, Venezuela, and other OPEC members as oil prices decline in Oct.-Dec. 2014
10/15/2014
Each side the Saudis, the Russia, and Iran is looking at the drop in oil prices and how much it can absorb using sovereign reserves as lower prices leads to budget deficits in 2015-2016. Russia and Iran face greater problems with western sanctions, and falling currency values exacerbating rising inflation. Other OPEC countries such as Venezuela and Nigeria face a crisis from falling revenues. In the U.S. this will affect shale oil production as less efficient producers shut down plants, with the overall outlook of lower oil prices being positive.
Grouped Articles
Fall in Oil Prices Poses a Problem for Russia, Iraq and Others
New York Times 10.15.2014
The Oil Price Swoon Won’t Stop the Shale Boom
Wall Street Journal 10.23.2014
As Oil Prices Plummet, Saudi Arabia Faces a Test of Strategy
New York Times 10.15.2014
Refining Saudi Arabia’s Oil Strategy
Wall Street Journal 11.03.2014
Saudi Price Cut Upends Oil Market
Wall Street Journal 11.04.2014
OPEC Members Nearing Compromise on Supply Cuts
Wall Street Journal 11.26.2014
Energy Quakes as OPEC Stands Pat
Wall Street Journal 11.28.2014
OPEC’s Weapon of Mass Inaction
Wall Street Journal 11.28.2014
Free Fall in Oil Price Underscores Shift Away From OPEC
New York Times 11.28.2014
Iraq Agrees on Kurdistan Oil Deal
Wall Street Journal 12.02.2014
Saudi Arabia Sees Oil Prices Stabilizing Around $60 a Barrel
Wall Street Journal 12.04.2014
Why Saudis Decided Not to Prop Up Oil
Wall Street Journal 12.22.2014
Saudi Arabia Vows to Ride Out Oil Price Slump
New York Times 12.21.2014
Oil’s Swift Fall Raises Fortunes of U.S. Abroad
New York Times 12.24.2014
Saudi Arabia’s Cure for Shale Could Entail Shock Therapy
Wall Street Journal 01.10.2015
OPEC’s Pricing Leverage Is Weakening
Wall Street Journal 06.01.2015
OPEC’s Problem: There Is No Minister of Shale
Wall Street Journal 06.03.2015
The Oil-Price Rout: Blink and You Won’t Miss It
Wall Street Journal 12.12.2015
Oil Prices at $30 Bend Nations, But Which Ones Could Break?
Wall Street Journal 01.13.2016
Saudi Arabia Keeps Pumping Oil, Despite Financial and Political Risks
New York Times 01.27.2016
Oil-Price Poker: Why the Saudis Won’t Fold ‘Em
Wall Street Journal 02.01.2016
Battered by War, Iraq Now Faces Calamity From Dropping Oil Prices
New York Times 01.31.2016
Oil Output Freeze Is an Agreement With a Catch
New York Times 02.16.2016
Two Years Into Oil Slump, U.S. Shale Firms Are Ready to Pump More
WSJ 09.27.2016
How American Shale Drillers Flipped OPEC’s Script
WSJ 05.24.2017
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