| Budget breakeven oil prices in most Gulf Arab producers are creeping upwards, as governments continue to push through investment stimulus programs despite flatter production. The budget breakeven price is a useful tool to understand what price of oil is needed to ensure that a budget is in balance for a given level of government spending.
Breakeven prices for Gulf states shot up from an average of USD 43.2 per barrel in 2007 to USD 78.8 by 2011 in the wake of the Arab Spring, as governments unleashed billions of dollars of investment to appease their populations...............................................Full Article: Source
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