Recent oil and fuel inventory trends are clearly demonstrating that the oil industry is no longer in crisis mode and that energy prices are likely to continue to soften.
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Related We may see some profit-taking in energy stocks later following sharp gains in recent sessions but it... SOMCHAI ANEKTAWEEPON Today's higher prices are a function of longer-term supply and demand trends and lost energy product... JAMES MULVA While we continue to be concerned about the price of fuel, we are encouraged by the strength of the ... DONALD CARTY The inventory build was two-to-three times greater than expected, and oil prices are backing off. JAMES WICKLUND Moves in oil prices are prompting people to sell energy stocks. JUNICHI MINAMI Those who think that energy prices are headed back into the $30's are dreaming. A $50-$60 trading ra... DAVID KOTOK If you look at how oil prices are rising and greenhouse gas emission targets, then only agriculture ... ALAIN JEANROY We expect a colder weather in the next two weeks, so heating oil prices and natural gas prices will ... GORDON KWAN The war and terrorism in the Middle East, the crisis of leadership in many of the oil-supply countri... JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS Energy issues are stronger on higher oil prices. HIDEYUKI SUZUKI Oil companies that are in Bolivia will no longer have the freedom to set prices and export volumes. ... CARLOS VILLEGAS Every negative development in the oil price slams the energy stocks. Oil companies are increasingly ... JAN LEROY Funds are viewing commodities such as oil and metals as investment tools, so these prices are likely... CAI LUOYI energy and oil prices are on the minds of the non-manufacturing businesses. GINA MARTIN Something's fishy when the Bush administration delays a report showing no improvement in fuel econom... DANIEL BECKER By adding billions of gallons of motor fuel to the U.S. energy complex, ethanol producers are helpin... BRUCE NOEL There will be just too much risk of geopolitical shocks in 2006 for oil prices to fall sharply and i... CHARLES LIEBERMAN The industry is willing to buy more palm oil...but palm oil should be more and more sustainable, bec... EDGARE KERKWIJK Oil prices are artificially high because of geopolitical premiums, particularly the crisis between t... LUC GIRARD Anyone who wants to cut taxes on energy as an answer to higher oil prices has already lost, ... You ... HANS EICHEL What that says is that even though crude oil prices are at near-record highs, gasoline prices are mu... DAVID HACKETT The local market is likely to continue to adopt a more cautious tone, brought on by the current high... CARMEN LEE Contacts must be closer between the Ministry of Industry and Energy and oil companies to fix [fuel] ... GERMAN GREF The drop in oil prices appears to be due to continued growth in domestic oil inventories. In additio... DAWN DUFFY Energy and fuel prices continue to rise, triggering fuel consumption concerns in the United States. DIETER ZETSCHE The crude inventory figure is pushing up oil prices and that is hurting the markets. That is prevent... CUMMINS CATHERWOOD Consumers are paying substantially more for fuel compared to a month ago. Escalating crude oil price... KRIS LATHAN The declining price of gasoline echoes a recent drop in crude oil prices. The drop in oil appears to... KRIS LATHAN Growing global fuel demand and political tensions between some oil producing nations and the United ... ELLIOTT EKI The drop in oil prices appears to be to be due to continued growth in domestic oil inventories. In a... DAWN DUFFY Advances in science and current production methods are enhancing the output levels of our petroleum ... SHAWN BARTHOLOMAE The market is no longer straightforwardly cheap, but everything depends on oil prices. AL BREACH They say yes to the oil and gas industry and no to renewable energy and conservation and efficiency. ED MARKEY The subsidy sharing is here to stay because oil prices are high and the government is not allowing a... JASPREET SINGH You and I need to inform the public of the peaking of oil and the energy crisis that is coming in th... ROSCOE BARTLETT There are fears in the market that the supply from Iran could be reduced. This is obviously positive... MARKUS ILG Knowing that the oil sands projects are capital-intensive, companies are signaling that oil prices w... BRUCE LANNI Right now we're already starting to see that rebuilding is under way and energy prices are moving lo... LYNN REASER Having yet another vote on refinery legislation that uses high oil prices as an excuse to weaken env... SHERWOOD BOEHLERT Overall, I think they'll be OK, given that the economy is improving and fuel prices are starting to ... ALAN SBARRA supply and demand price for oil stands at around $27, so $5 to $6 (of the current price) is pure spe... PETER HITCHENS The recent hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico highlighted that crude oil prices are following those of... JACQUES ROUSSEAU Although it is unlikely that the Iranian nuclear dispute will lead to a curtailment of oil shipments... ADDISON ARMSTRONG In the wake of record oil prices, consumers and fleet managers are looking for relief on ways to mee... BEVERLY MILLER There is an urgent need to stop subsidizing the fossil fuel industry, dramatically reduce wasted ene... BILL MCKIBBEN Factors in the U.S. will keep moving oil prices. The U.S. will continue to import oil products to fe... HISAO SATO The latest energy department statistics were very bearish. Coupled with ample supply in crude oil an... MAKOTO TAKEDA The real concern is over products and I expect prices for gasoline, heating oil and jet fuel to rema... JULIAN LEE Our programs are intended to either ease the financial burden generated by growing worldwide fuel pr... ARMANDO OLIVERA The spurt in world oil prices is totally unjustified as the oil producing nations are exploiting hig... ALAN JOHNSON We do gasoline promotions and heating oil promotions regularly ... there is a recognition that these... BRUCE MACDONALD The great challenge for the industry is coming to terms with the fact that you can't predict the oil... ANDREW HERDMAN Big Oil behemoths are making out like bandits, while the average American family is getting killed b... CHUCK SCHUMER Day 27 - Bush uses 70,000 gallons of fuel to fly home to deal with the oil crisis, DAVID LETTERMAN Let's get used to the fact that oil prices are going to stay high. JAKOB FRENKEL This oil shock could cause more damage to the industry than 9/11. That was a one-day tragedy that kn... JOE GILL Oil prices are increasing and (US) consumer spending is strong. JOSEPH YAM Beyond a power play by the oil industry, there is no conceivable explanation for barring courts with... TED DEUTCH Fossil fuels, including oil, are running out and supplies are getting harder to find. If we do nothi... LUCY POWELL Gold prices are going up thanks to the concerns over high international oil prices that are rising m... TANVIR ABID As petrol prices increase, the global demand for more sustainable energy sources will also rise. Mal... YUSLI MOHAMED YUSOFF It's important to understand that oil and renewables do different things. Wind and solar are for... T. BOONE PICKENS This is a staggering profit and proof that we are being gouged by the oil industry, JAMIE COURT The anti-American policy is the one that keeps oil prices up. The way to do that is to help OPEC lim... ROBERT ZUBRIN These projects are aimed at avoiding possible oil supply interruptions and restraining global crude ... MA KAI This, and ongoing concerns over supply are likely to underpin prices, so unless some external event ... WILLIAM ADAMS Brazil does not want to become an exporter of crude oil. No. We want to be a country that exports oi... LUIZ INACIO LULA DA SILVA We've had a pull-back in gold and oil prices, and surprise surprise, oil and gold companies are off,... JULIE BROUGH Oil and gas shares are shining at the moment: Rising oil prices are lifting the shares which are als... MARKUS STEINBEIS Higher oil prices will raise material costs and that is a blow to the U.S. economy. Exporters are th... ATSUSHI OSA [FPL buys oil on the futures market to protect against future spikes in energy costs, but that is no... BILL SWANK Businesses are managing to shrug off the latest increases in oil prices. JAMES NIXON The concern now is that there will be a backlash against big oil companies who do not seem to be doi... ARTHUR SMITH The concern now is that there will be a backlash against big oil companies who do not seem to be doi... ARTHUR SMITH Investors have to realize that this is a state-controlled oil company. The government wants to fight... LUIZ CAETANO The metabolism of the oil industry picks up pretty smartly when oil gets above $40 a barrel. It's fa... JAMES GELLY Crude oil prices are the major determinant of gasoline prices. JAMES WELLS It costs governments money to keep fuel prices low. Oil-rich Yemen, for instance, devotes 9 percent ... ROBERT KIYOSAKI What you are getting is a knee-jerk reaction to the drop in oil prices. JIM AWAD Higher oil prices are all we'll look at in the future. No way is this going to be like 1982 or 1987,... DICK HILL These positive trends in pricing and better returns are likely to continue for years, maybe decades. JAMES VALENTINE For the yen it's much to do with oil prices. High oil prices are an unambiguous negative for all Asi... DAVID MANN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES oil had a measurable impact on prices paid before the storm (Hurricane Katrina). Given the fact that... CHRIS LOW There is no prospect that gains in oil prices will calm down any time soon. SEIJI ADACHI This is not a very hospitable political environment to challenge the oil industry, ... We have a pre... BYRON DORGAN [Even so, he thinks oil exploration and production stocks may still be worth a look. Some of the sto... BEN HALLIBURTON Sentiment is drifting higher on softer oil prices. All eyes remain on energy. As long as oil prices ... BEN ROGOFF The month-to-month gas price hike was driven primarily by increasing oil prices and speculation over... CAROL THORP The reason gas prices are so high is because the oil is in Texas and Oklahoma and all the dipsticks ... YAKOV SMIRNOFF There's been no stopping trucks. We don't see any evidence that oil prices are slowing car or truck ... BILL SELTENHEIM Energy security is top of the agenda for oil-importing nations, efforts are made to diversify the so... BHARAT SHETH Energy stocks will fall more if oil prices pull back further. GORDON HIGGINS Oil prices are slipping, and that's generally good news for the market. JEFF KLEINTOP Rather than proposing a forward-looking energy initiative, House Republicans continue to push Big Oi... JAN SCHAKOWSKY Oil prices and continued inflammatory comments from Iran are driving gold. DANIEL VAUGHT The oil data is giving some support to the stock market, especially given the mixed company earnings... EDGAR PETERS In recent years, whenever there has been a crisis in the oil market, it has worked itself out pretty... ED MORSE The pro-American policy is the one that forces oil prices down. The way to do this is to flood the w... ROBERT ZUBRIN You're burning a fuel to create a fuel. It doesn't seem very efficient to use what is a valuable ene... BOB RANDALL
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