Many observers noted that the President had the facts of
the current oil situation wrong and that there were no longer record amounts of oil in storage or loaded on ships at sea.
By now, it should be obvious that the Saudis and their Gulf allies are playing the long game when it comes to
the current oil situation, and that means keeping the taps flowing in the midst of a global glut no matter how low prices go.
Not exact matches
«The main dynamic which is facing all of the producers, whether they are OPEC or non-OPEC, was that had the
current market
situation remained in place we would have gone into 2017 and probably through most of 2017 with the
oil market still in considerably surplus supply over demand, and that would be the fourth year in a row where that
situation prevailed,» Atkinson said.
Incidentally, the government and the RBI are reasonably comfortable with the country's
Current Account Deficit (CAD)
situation, following the big slide in crude
oil prices recently.
In the
current situation with the
oil shock, any package aiming to stimulate the economy ought to focus on areas of the country where the economy is currently slack.
The
current situation in Libya can be best characterized as a struggle pitting the «centre» that controls national institutions, the flow of
oil, and billions in unfrozen assets against a marginalized «periphery» that can challenge the centre's legitimacy via its use of force and appeal to local loyalties.
At this moment, though, it remains to be seen whether policy - makers and (the few) private investors will take advantage of the
current economic
situation to move beyond dependence on the dominant
oil sector.
The committee, in a communique issued at the end of its first meeting for the 2016 fiscal period in Abuja, observed that while the period of low
oil prices, which occurred in 2005, lasted for a maximum of eight months, the
current situation was expected to continue over a longer period of time.
The report sets out the
current resource
situation and presents in detail the markets for crude
oil, natural gas and metal - bearing ores.
The regulated
oil pump only consumes as much energy as is necessary for the
current driving
situation.
«The
current understanding of this
situation by some IPCC proponents is that the forces of evil (
oil companies and all that) are causing problems for scientists because they want to make money.»
We are doing the best we can to deal with the
current situation and to try to stop the
oil from flowing and to then clean it up.»