While this issue is more idiosyncratic, it has been one of the key factors hurting energy prices,
particularly crude oil prices.
Not exact matches
Coal was cheap, but during the 1960s, coal
prices were rising and
oil prices were a bargain,
particularly the heavy residual
oil at the bottom of the
crude oil refining process.
This is
particularly true in light of the recent and largely unforeseen, collapse in the
price of
crude oil, which has had a massive impact in a largely
oil - dependent country like Nigeria, such that clients are now focusing a great deal on insolvency, restructuring, prepayment facilities, derivatives and hedging instruments and issues.
«These additions come at a time when the energy industry is under pressure because of the volatility in U.S.
crude -
oil prices, which has had a significant effect on the Houston economy and commercial real estate,
particularly in the office sector,» the report reads.