Friday, May 29, 2009

Oil Is Plentiful, Demand Weak. Why Are Gas Prices Going Up? - Yahoo! News

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Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi - OPEC's key power player - said Wednesday that oil prices ought to rise to between $75 and $80 a barrel by the end of the year.

about 2.6 billion barrels are currently stored in commercial tankers around the world. "There is some risk we will run out of storage space in the next four to six weeks,""If we run out of storage it could prompt a collapse in the price," says Wardell. Oil producers might then choose to dramatically cut output in order to run down the surplus.

Over the past two months, investors have plowed billions of dollars into oil futures.

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