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Opinion: How Much Longer Can OPEC Hold Out?

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With the huge reduction in its revenues and growing discomfort among its members such as Venezuela, Libya and Nigeria over its current production levels, is OPEC really getting weaker? Containing some of the largest proven oil and gas reserves in the world, Venezuela is one of the founding members of OPEC. Iraq’s Issues.

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Saudis Expand Price War Downstream

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The crude is so cheap it’s pretty much free for them, the margins are going to be massive. Indian refiners are now buying more crude oil from Nigeria, Iraq, Venezuela and Mexico. He has dealt with dealt with oil companies such as ONGC; Oil India limited IOCL, BPCL, HPCL and others. Source: [link].

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IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

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Oil and the Transport Sector: Reconfirming the End of Cheap Oil. Oil companies will be forced to turn to more difficult and costly sources to replace lost capacity and meet rising demand. World transportation oil demand by mode in the New Policies Scenario. Click to enlarge. —WEO 2011.

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