In an unprecedented year for the oil commerce,each of the major producers has its own problems. How will they react?A glut of oil, the demise of Opec and weakening global demand combined to beget 2015 the year of crashing oil prices. The cost of crude fell to levels not seen for 11 years – and the decline may have further to go.
There have been four sharp increases in the price of oil in the past four decades – in 1973, and 1979,1990 and 2008 and each has led to a global recession. By that degree, a lower oil price should be positive for the world economy, and with lower fuel costs for consumers and businesses in those countries that import crude outweighing the losses to producing nations.
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Source: theguardian.com