In this post I present some of my observations and thoughts about the developments in the oil price, supply and demand, exchange rates (relative to the US dollar), petroleum stocks and what near term factors are likely to influence the oil price. The price of oil (and other commodities) appears to have been influenced byContinue reading “World Crude Oil Production and the Oil Price, August 2015”
Tag Archives: China
Changes in Total Global Credit Affect The Oil Price
In some posts on Fractional Flow I have presented some of my explorations of any relations between the oil price, changes to global total credit/debt and interest rates. My objective has been to gain and share some of my insights of how I see the economic undertows that also influences the price formation for crudeContinue reading “Changes in Total Global Credit Affect The Oil Price”
Growth in Global Total Debt sustained a High Oil Price and delayed the Bakken “Red Queen”
The saying is that hindsight (always) provides 20/20 vision. In this post I present a retrospective look at my prediction from 2012 published on The Oil Drum (The “Red Queen” series) where I predicted that Light Tight Oil (LTO) extraction from Bakken in North Dakota would not move much above 0.7 Mb/d. Profitable drilling inContinue reading “Growth in Global Total Debt sustained a High Oil Price and delayed the Bakken “Red Queen””
Fractional Flow 