10.07.2014 - Pentagon uses wrong oil price and fails to hedge fuel bill: Kemp
The U.S. Department of Defense has been using the wrong oil price in its budget, leaving the largest single buyer of fuel in the world with liabilities potentially hitting billions of dollars. The Pentagon continues to rely on WTI prices even though Brent oil is more relevant to the cost of fuels it buys on behalf of the armed forces. Using the wrong benchmark has introduced increasing risk into the military budget, according to a critical report published on Tuesday by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) (“Bulk Fuel Pricing: DOD needs to re-evaluate its approach to better manage the effect of market fluctuations”)...............................................Full Article: Source
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