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The Saudi Dilemma: To Cut Or Not To Cut

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To cut and push up prices or not to cut and preserve market share, this is the question that Saudi Arabia is facing ahead of this year’s December OPEC meeting. million barrels daily, including from Russia, to reverse the free fall of oil prices. Saudi Arabia is not an exception. Kemp agrees.

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Increase in US rig count will not cap oil prices

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The impact of rising oil prices on North American light tight oil (LTO) production is said to be a “Catch 22”, the title of Joseph Heller’s popular 1961 novel set in WWII. Too many analysts continue to believe drilling and service has the same problem with rising oil prices. by David Yager for Oilprice.com.

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Are The Saudis About To Reveal The Best Kept Secret In Oil?

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One of the oil world’s longest and best kept secrets may finally be revealed. Saudi Arabia is preparing to unveil how much oil it holds, a closely guarded state secret that has been kept quiet for decades. It is hard to overstate how valuable this information is, and how fiercely Saudi leadership protected it.

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Gas War: U.S. Oil Companies Accused of Price Fixing With OPEC, Increasing Inflation

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shale oil firms purposefully colluded with the government of Saudi Arabia to fix oil prices between 2021 and 2023. From BIG : Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission released evidence confirming that collusion played a serious role in hiking oil prices at that time.

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