| The recent drop of $20 or so in oil prices from near all-time highs has pundits racing for their typewriters. Okay, laptops or something. Many have declared OPEC dead or ineffective, and one academic has noted that OPEC almost always produces over quota, proving it’s not a competent cartel.
Needless to say, aged methane emissions like me tend to sigh in our beards when we read this. OPEC has been declared dead more times than Mark Twain or the Boston Red Sox (next year for sure!) and yet it continues to hold meetings and set production quotas, as if thousands of pundits aren’t shoveling dirt on their coffin...............................................Full Article: Source
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