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Posted: 12/15/2014 10:46:02 AM EDT
The crude oil market as a whole has a lot of major players in the international community, some of them we (the USA) hate, some we tolerate, some we like. But the bottom line is that regardless of where the oil comes from, we're still buying it and actively using it. The USA is still the largest consumer of crude oil in the world. When prices drop, sure, our own domestic production will likely also shut down. Smaller companies will probably get bought out by bigger ones, massive consolidation, but the energy industry tends to operate on boom and bust cycles so this would be no different. Practically every other aspect of our economy however will be on the winning side. Fuel prices all around (except probably diesel because FUCK THE EPA!) will drop like a rock. If you haven't ventured out from your basement in the last week or so, gasoline prices are closing in on $2/gallon in many parts of the country. Just today I saw prices at like $2.10. There's a very real possibility that we could see $1.50.
And yet practically every article you see on news web sites or market reports talks about the oil crash as totally detrimental to the market. So, their position is that oil prices need to rise again in order to "stabilize" the market? Let's look at the facts here for a moment.....
So pardon me if I don't believe the daily bullshit from so-called "market expert" talking heads that claim these low oil prices will kill us, our economy, or cause some kind of irreparable damage. It'll kill people all right, not us though. All of OPEC and Russia can go suck a big fat out of Uncle Sam's ass for all I care. |
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One thing it will do is reduce food prices as a big part of our recent increase has been the price of getting it to market.
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Might I ask what is the turning point for fracking? I hear its only worth it if oil is over 60 dollar a barrel. below that fracking isn't cost effective
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I could get on board with that. Puts more money in my pocket and strips it from our enemies.
Sign me up |
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When I see oil company execs jumping out of windows (higher than the ground floor) it will be a beautiful day in America.
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Quoted: Might I ask what is the turning point for fracking? I hear its only worth it if oil is over 60 dollar a barrel. below that fracking isn't cost effective View Quote I can't find a really consistent answer to that question. I've heard $40 is the absolute lowest before they have to close shop. Who the hell knows; I'm sure it's different for each company, but even if the Saudis do get the price down to, say, $30/barrel, that price will stay there for a while to make sure these small companies wither away and die off before they can curtail output to raise the price again. And when the price starts going up, guess what? It'll start being profitable again for U.S. shale oil to resume operations. |
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It WILL hurt domestic energy production. And that has a lot of ramifications here in the US.
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Might I ask what is the turning point for fracking? I hear its only worth it if oil is over 60 dollar a barrel. below that fracking isn't cost effective View Quote That is my understanding as well. However I think it kind of ensures that oil won't go above that for a long time. The reason being that if it does, more fracking companies emerge and flood the market with that available fuel thus driving the cost back down. God bless the free market Technology is a wonderful thing. |
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Which do you want? Production in the U.S. with tall of the money rippling through our economy, providing jobs and keeping our taxes low? Or foreign purchases, with our money leaving the country to fund the Saudi Royalty's lavish lifestyles ands terrorism?
You need to think a little farther than your impulses. |
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Which do you want? Production in the U.S. with tall of the money rippling through our economy, providing jobs and keeping our taxes low? Or foreign purchases, with our money leaving the country to fund the Saudi Royalty's lavish lifestyles ands terrorism? You need to think a little farther than your impulses. View Quote Bingo. What happened to all the cries of "Drill here, Drill now" and "we want energy independence"? |
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Quoted: Which do you want? Production in the U.S. with tall of the money rippling through our economy, providing jobs and keeping our taxes low? Or foreign purchases, with our money leaving the country to fund the Saudi Royalty's lavish lifestyles ands terrorism? You need to think a little farther than your impulses. View Quote Many of our own domestic oil companies, I'll just use Exxon as an example, have already set up shop in foreign nations to partner with them in extracting oil and selling it. This is nothing new. Exxon still profits from this however, which is a benefit to a domestic company. True, these foreign nations receive money from the sale, however your own post makes it seem like if oil prices are high and our domestic production is going strong then consumers are ONLY buying U.S. domestic oil, which is certainly not the case. Even right now with oil prices at these low levels, there are consumers at the pump purchasing gasoline made from foreign oil. |
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Might I ask what is the turning point for fracking? I hear its only worth it if oil is over 60 dollar a barrel. below that fracking isn't cost effective View Quote This might have been the case awhile back but these oil and gas companies invest a lot of money back into the business and are able to pay off assets fast. Maybe $60 is what is has to stay at for them to get out of debt from equipment cost and start turning big profits but the oil and gas industry is constantly invoationg to make the process cheaper to conduct business. Now more so they will slim down if need be and not pay out as lucrative as they have in the past, not as big of signing bonuses, and generally go into operating very cost effectively like any business. |
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I like the idea of inexpensive fuel as much as the next guy, but not at the expense of American oil jobs ( or the rest of our energy sector).
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Lower oil prices will help finding more cost effect ways to get the US oil out of the ground.
So the smaller US oil companies don't close up shop.
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Quoted: And Canada...Canada has a huge shale and oil sand sector... Stocks for those companies are getting hammered right now. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: It WILL hurt domestic energy production. And that has a lot of ramifications here in the US. And Canada...Canada has a huge shale and oil sand sector... Stocks for those companies are getting hammered right now. Possibly a decent investment opportunity in the future? Friend of mine bought $1-2k of GM stocks at $.25 a share when they crashed. Not exactly making bank on it right now.... I should have bought $1-2k of bit coin back in 2008 |
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If it truly "crashes" - there will be no supply. What is your plan then?
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The cheap oil is because of increased Saudi production, whom don't like our new found energy independence.
So I guess you'd rather save a few cents on gas and food than being free of dependence on Saudi oil? |
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The cheap oil is because of increased Saudi production, whom don't like our new found energy independence.
So I guess you'd rather save a few cents on gas and food than being free of dependence on Saudi oil? |
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Low oil prices might just stimulate the economy enough to help another democrat win the next election.
Hey, your health insurance and taxes are double but look at how much you save on gas. |
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High oil prices hurt the whole economy. Low oil prices only affect the energy sector.
Low oil prices are good, the admin doesn't like it, so the media is spewing what they spew. |
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Quoted: The cheap oil is because of increased Saudi production, whom don't like our new found energy independence. So I guess you'd rather save a few cents on gas and food than being free of dependence on Saudi oil? View Quote Regardless of what happens, such as Saudis flooding the market with oil at cost (which for them is like $2/barrel) or curtailing output, the market will still win at the end of the day. We either buy that cheap oil at $2/barrel, or if they curtail output and drive up the price, we simply start pumping our own again. The days of bullshit $100/barrel prices are over. |
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High oil prices hurt the whole economy. Low oil prices only affect the energy sector. Low oil prices are good, the admin doesn't like it, so the media is spewing what they spew. View Quote It's probably pissing off the greenies, manbearpig, the media and the other usual suspects. If it's pissing them off, it's probably good for us. |
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Wait until the lefties start chattering about hefty gas/carbon taxes.
"Now that oil/gas prices are so low, we can tack $1 per gallon tax onto gas since the average consumer is already accustom to paying $3-4.00 a gallon". Then WHEN gas prices go back up, they will hurt the consumer even more….Err, I mean "nudge" consumers into conserving. |
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Probably just you. I tend to view hard working Americans being unemployed as a bad thing.
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One thing I don't see being discussed is the impact this will have on our ability to stabilize oil prices in the event of a Middle East collapse. If Saudi Oil drives fracking out of business, and those businesses stop operations, if ISIS decides to cause more trouble, we'll be at the mercy of market fluctuations as a result because we won't have our own production to compensate.
$40 per barrel oil is great, until the region it's extracted from has another conflict. I'd gladly pay $3 a gallon now, instead of having to pay $5-6 per gallon if the ME gets involved in a widespread conflict. |
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I'm starting a new job next month in an oil b [my area. Not in the oil industry, but close enough that I'm not excited about a crash in prices.
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As long as I have been alive (53 years) ALL the oil companies have been raping the fuck out of the American public on oil and gas prices. Yearly they report BILLIONS in profits. That doesn't happen by selling oil at a couple cents per barrel profit but by huge gouging of buyers. Their perpetual attitude has been for us to say "yes sir, give me another!" When sticking their fat oil cock in our asses. I welcome some of the shithole countries economies going to shit. US companies may slow production but not by much and only temporarily. They are too fucking greedy to cut back on production as they want those billions in profit still.
Only group upset by this in the US is the democrats as it causes less depression and better economy, killing their desire for more socialism. Obama is seething at low oil prices, almost as much as he is pissed at republicans for taking back the senate. |
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Quoted: One thing I don't see being discussed is the impact this will have on our ability to stabilize oil prices in the event of a Middle East collapse. If Saudi Oil drives fracking out of business, and those businesses stop operations, if ISIS decides to cause more trouble, we'll be at the mercy of market fluctuations as a result because we won't have our own production to compensate. $40 per barrel oil is great, until the region it's extracted from has another conflict. I'd gladly pay $3 a gallon now, instead of having to pay $5-6 per gallon if the ME gets involved in a widespread conflict. View Quote |
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I could get on board with that. Puts more money in my pocket and strips it from our enemies. Sign me up View Quote You mean like it used to be, when gas was $1.18 a gallon? I remember someone bitching about that when it went up about .08 cents. The economy was buzzing right along then too, this was 2001 after the 9-11 attacks. |
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Bingo. What happened to all the cries of "Drill here, Drill now" and "we want energy independence"? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Which do you want? Production in the U.S. with tall of the money rippling through our economy, providing jobs and keeping our taxes low? Or foreign purchases, with our money leaving the country to fund the Saudi Royalty's lavish lifestyles ands terrorism? You need to think a little farther than your impulses. Bingo. What happened to all the cries of "Drill here, Drill now" and "we want energy independence"? We did drill here and we did drill now. This is the result of doing so |
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Quoted: As long as I have been alive (53 years) ALL the oil companies have been raping the fuck out of the American public on oil and gas prices. Yearly they report BILLIONS in profits. That doesn't happen by selling oil at a couple cents per barrel profit but by huge gouging of buyers. Their perpetual attitude has been for us to say "yes sir, give me another!" When sticking their fat oil cock in our asses. I welcome some of the shithole countries economies going to shit. US companies may slow production but not by much and only temporarily. They are too fucking greedy to cut back on production as they want those billions in profit still. Only group upset by this in the US is the democrats as it causes less depression and better economy, killing their desire for more socialism. Obama is seething at low oil prices, almost as much as he is pissed at republicans for taking back the senate. View Quote I feel you, truly I mean that and I'm not saying it just for the hell of it. But one thing to keep in mind is that large domestic energy companies, like Exxon, typically see profit margins around 10-15%. Yes, their profit numbers are in the billions, but their percentage is just what I stated. It's the foreign oil companies who have truly been raping the U.S. consumer that you should direct your anger toward, namely Saudi Aramco. It costs them around $2/barrel to get oil out of the ground over there. When oil was selling for $100/barrel or more, well the profit percentage is pretty easy to see now. |
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Bingo. What happened to all the cries of "Drill here, Drill now" and "we want energy independence"? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Which do you want? Production in the U.S. with tall of the money rippling through our economy, providing jobs and keeping our taxes low? Or foreign purchases, with our money leaving the country to fund the Saudi Royalty's lavish lifestyles ands terrorism? You need to think a little farther than your impulses. Bingo. What happened to all the cries of "Drill here, Drill now" and "we want energy independence"? Nothing wrong with that at all, in fact, I encourage energy dependance, they will just have to roll with the changes or fall unfortunately. High energy prices put a hurting on people's income and hard choices have to be made sometimes, like food on the table or gas to get to work. I don't like hearing about choices like that, or having to make that choice myself. So yea, basically between a rock and a hard place, tough call. |
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Good for consumers bad for American oil companies. But yeah, I'm ready for 2.00 gas for a year or two.
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Quoted: Bingo. What happened to all the cries of "Drill here, Drill now" and "we want energy independence"? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Which do you want? Production in the U.S. with tall of the money rippling through our economy, providing jobs and keeping our taxes low? Or foreign purchases, with our money leaving the country to fund the Saudi Royalty's lavish lifestyles ands terrorism? You need to think a little farther than your impulses. Bingo. What happened to all the cries of "Drill here, Drill now" and "we want energy independence"? When a gallon of gas is $2 and some change (and dropping), many, if not most, are happy to burn up the Saudi reserves and leave ours untouched for a rainy day. $100 to $50 per barrel of crude kinda kicks their profits. Fracking technology is not going away or our reserves are somehow gonna be 'undiscovered'. That genie is out of the bottle. That tech will just be put on a shelf until it is economically feasible or the ME gets pissy (more than the background pissy) We should top off the strategic reserve at these low prices and expand it by completing the Richton reserve. ETA Cheap oil will likely hurt our enemies much more than us. Russia and Iran come to mind. |
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Snip huge wall of text. View Quote every thing I have to say to you is a <COC Violation>. my livelihood depends on high oil prices. so go <COC Violation> yourself. |
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every thing I have to say to you is a <COC Violation>. my livelihood depends on high oil prices. so go <COC Violation> yourself. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Snip huge wall of text. every thing I have to say to you is a <COC Violation>. my livelihood depends on high oil prices. so go <COC Violation> yourself. Cry me a river, I like cheaper gas a lot more then I like putting money in your pocket. |
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I could be happy with gas at the $2.00 range for the next five years.
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One thing it will do is reduce food prices as a big part of our recent increase has been the price of getting it to market. View Quote but you can bet your ass it will happen much slower, just like a vendor who added a fuel sur charge will not take it off their bill in the hopes that the person will not notice. |
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Quoted: every thing I have to say to you is a <COC Violation>. my livelihood depends on high oil prices. so go <COC Violation> yourself. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Snip huge wall of text. every thing I have to say to you is a <COC Violation>. my livelihood depends on high oil prices. so go <COC Violation> yourself. |
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As long as I have been alive (53 years) ALL the oil companies have been raping the fuck out of the American public on oil and gas prices. Yearly they report BILLIONS in profits. That doesn't happen by selling oil at a couple cents per barrel profit but by huge gouging of buyers. Their perpetual attitude has been for us to say "yes sir, give me another!" When sticking their fat oil cock in our asses. I welcome some of the shithole countries economies going to shit. US companies may slow production but not by much and only temporarily. They are too fucking greedy to cut back on production as they want those billions in profit still. Only group upset by this in the US is the democrats as it causes less depression and better economy, killing their desire for more socialism. Obama is seething at low oil prices, almost as much as he is pissed at republicans for taking back the senate. View Quote The lack of knowledge in this post is amazing. |
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ARFCOM cries and wails and bitches about outsourcing American jobs until it means another $20 a week in their own pocket, at which point they turn into evil corporate profiteers interested in only what goes into their pocket, fuck anybody who will suffer the results.
ARFCOM GD, should be renamed Hypocrite Central. |
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every thing I have to say to you is a <COC Violation>. my livelihood depends on high oil prices. so go <COC Violation> yourself. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Snip huge wall of text. every thing I have to say to you is a <COC Violation>. my livelihood depends on high oil prices. so go <COC Violation> yourself. High fuel prices have certainly put a crimp on my lifestyle over the past several years now low prices can do the same for you. Just try to relax and enjoy it the best you can, life bends us all over at various times. |
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Possibly a decent investment opportunity in the future? Friend of mine bought $1-2k of GM stocks at $.25 a share when they crashed. Not exactly making bank on it right now.... I should have bought $1-2k of bit coin back in 2008 View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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It WILL hurt domestic energy production. And that has a lot of ramifications here in the US. And Canada...Canada has a huge shale and oil sand sector... Stocks for those companies are getting hammered right now. Possibly a decent investment opportunity in the future? Friend of mine bought $1-2k of GM stocks at $.25 a share when they crashed. Not exactly making bank on it right now.... I should have bought $1-2k of bit coin back in 2008 Go back and look what happened after Nat Gas prices tanked in, what was it, 2009 or 2010. That will give you a guide on how to proceed. Smaller oil companies will get more and more interesting as acquisition targets, not because they are profitable, but because the have value as a source of proven reserves. There is a money making opportunity here. |
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