Pros and Cons of Cheap Oil
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 7:54 pm
Now, many people, or at least Americans have noticed that recently there are very low gas prices. Today it got in the $1.20's in Michigan with prices close to that (well, $1.30-40) all around the country.
Now, cheap oil (ergo cheap gas) is good for the consumer because of well...cheap gas. The consumer can now buy other things because they no longer need to make such sacrifices when it comes to buying products if gas is cheaper (more money in their wallets to spend---theoretically).
Cons though largely lay with the oil companies. There are so many oil (shale, fracking stuff) companies here in the US and world that oil has flooded the market, which is the main reason for the low prices. Eventually though the number of oil producers will have to decrease because such a surplus of oil producers won't be able to survive. Then...oil prices will rise again.
How do you NSers view the future of the oil market and are there any other obstacles you can see?
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=24532
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-08/world-s-largest-energy-trader-sees-a-decade-of-low-oil-prices
EDIT: Iran to flood market with oil? Maybe not... http://blogs.barrons.com/asiastocks/2016/01/18/goldman-iran-wont-flood-markets-with-oil/
Now, cheap oil (ergo cheap gas) is good for the consumer because of well...cheap gas. The consumer can now buy other things because they no longer need to make such sacrifices when it comes to buying products if gas is cheaper (more money in their wallets to spend---theoretically).
Cons though largely lay with the oil companies. There are so many oil (shale, fracking stuff) companies here in the US and world that oil has flooded the market, which is the main reason for the low prices. Eventually though the number of oil producers will have to decrease because such a surplus of oil producers won't be able to survive. Then...oil prices will rise again.
How do you NSers view the future of the oil market and are there any other obstacles you can see?
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=24532
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-08/world-s-largest-energy-trader-sees-a-decade-of-low-oil-prices
EDIT: Iran to flood market with oil? Maybe not... http://blogs.barrons.com/asiastocks/2016/01/18/goldman-iran-wont-flood-markets-with-oil/