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Oil prices continued to fall Friday, amid weaker global demand and increased output in the United States, to the lowest price this year. The cost of a barrel dropped below $60, a decrease of more than 20 percent from its peak last month. President Trump has credited Saudi Arabia with the falling oil prices. Oil investors were hoping for much higher prices in 2019 than the mid $50s per barrel, and the energy sector has once again lagged the market significantly this year. Bank of America analyst Doug Leggate recently lowered his oil price forecast for the second half of 2019 from $68 per barrel to $63, However, most analysts think it will be years before oil returns to $90 or $100 a barrel, a price that was seen as the norm over the last decade. With lower oil prices, many new oil projects are being cancelled or postponed, which is likely to reduce some of the over-production as older and more expensive projects close down. The price of oil shown is adjusted for inflation using the headline CPI and is shown by default on a logarithmic scale. The current month is updated on an hourly basis with today's latest value. The current price of WTI crude oil as of March 13, 2020 is $31.73 per barrel. Low oil prices could alleviate some of the negative effects associated with the resource curse, such as authoritarian rule and gender inequality. Lower oil prices could however also lead to domestic turmoil and diversionary war. The reduction in food prices that follows lower oil prices could have positive impacts on violence globally.
However, most analysts think it will be years before oil returns to $90 or $100 a barrel, a price that was seen as the norm over the last decade. With lower oil prices, many new oil projects are being cancelled or postponed, which is likely to reduce some of the over-production as older and more expensive projects close down.
Oil prices continued to fall Friday, amid weaker global demand and increased output in the United States, to the lowest price this year. The cost of a barrel dropped below $60, a decrease of more than 20 percent from its peak last month. President Trump has credited Saudi Arabia with the falling oil prices. Oil investors were hoping for much higher prices in 2019 than the mid $50s per barrel, and the energy sector has once again lagged the market significantly this year. Bank of America analyst Doug Leggate recently lowered his oil price forecast for the second half of 2019 from $68 per barrel to $63, However, most analysts think it will be years before oil returns to $90 or $100 a barrel, a price that was seen as the norm over the last decade. With lower oil prices, many new oil projects are being cancelled or postponed, which is likely to reduce some of the over-production as older and more expensive projects close down. The price of oil shown is adjusted for inflation using the headline CPI and is shown by default on a logarithmic scale. The current month is updated on an hourly basis with today's latest value. The current price of WTI crude oil as of March 13, 2020 is $31.73 per barrel. Low oil prices could alleviate some of the negative effects associated with the resource curse, such as authoritarian rule and gender inequality. Lower oil prices could however also lead to domestic turmoil and diversionary war. The reduction in food prices that follows lower oil prices could have positive impacts on violence globally.
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Crude Oil Prices Charts. Latest News on Oil, Energy and Petroleum Prices. Articles, Analysis and Market Intelligence on the Oil, Gas, Petroleum and Energy Industry. Accurate Oil Price Forecasts Oil prices have been high, low, and everywhere in between over the years. Political, economic, and other changes have consistently rocked the oil landscape since 1948. Prices generally ranged between $2.50 and $3.00 a barrel until 1970. That's about $17 to $20 a barrel when adjusted for inflation.
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