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1 posted on 09/10/2014 9:43:33 AM PDT by thackney
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Lower energy prices would be a good thing in the Obama world recession.


2 posted on 09/10/2014 9:46:17 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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I don’t think the Chinese are too concerned about profit when buying into natural resource streams.


3 posted on 09/10/2014 9:54:20 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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"However, Yanbu is coming online at a time when crude demand growth in Asia is disappointing, the region's refiners are struggling to make decent profits, crude priceshave gone into contango and Middle East producers are cutting official selling prices."

ISIS isn't being helpful by selling stolen oil for 25 dollars a barrel.

4 posted on 09/10/2014 10:01:26 AM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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“If you could pick the worst set of circumstances in which to start up a giant, export-oriented oil refinery, you might well have them right now.”

A play to shake out other the ‘weak hands’ in the market by undercutting them with refined product; they will also have an advantage when things ‘turn up’.


5 posted on 09/10/2014 10:18:43 AM PDT by _Jim (Conspiracy theories are the favored tools of the weak-minded.)
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