Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2022

In an effort to address the rapidly increasing cost of gasoline, President Biden authorized the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day for the next six months—more than 180 million barrels—from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Biden said that his administration would restock the reserve when prices are lower.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Oil prices are probably already high enough to spark a rebound in shale production. By the third quarter, oil prices had climbed back to above $40 and traded at around $50 per barrel for some time, replenishing some lost revenue. He estimates that OPEC’s cuts could succeed in pushing oil prices sustainably up to $55 per barrel.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Production cost and breakeven figures that analysts enjoy bandying can trap you in bubble of black-and-white mathematics that is a few brush-strokes shy of a full picture. Breakeven prices are hard to pin down, and harder yet because they fluctuate. But these are just the costs of lifting oil out of the ground.

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