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The 5 Countries That Could Push Oil Prices Up

Green Car Congress

Oil prices appear to be stuck in the $50s per barrel, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t serious supply risks to the market. An unexpected disruption could occur at any moment, as has happened in the past, leading to a sudden and sharp jump in prices. The threat of an outage will carry more weight as the oil market tightens.

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Debunking the "Electric Cars are evil due to Cobalt" argument!

Plug In India

This is due to the fact cobalt is used to extract sulfur during the refining of crude oil. 5] Atrocities of the OIL industry EV FUD creators cry about Lithium or Cobalt battery manufacturing and conveniently don't talk about the terrible practices by the oil industry. Good luck recycling that Cobalt into anything. [4]

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Oil Prices Running Out Of Reasons To Rally

Green Car Congress

Oil prices faltered at the start of the second week of the year, as fears set in about a rapid rebound in US shale production. percent in intraday trading on Monday, after a report at the end of last week showed another solid build in the US rig count, the tenth consecutive week that the oil industry added rigs back into the field.