The Brent oil price was hammered 4% last night to $63.93 as I write. The causes were threefold. The US dollar surged. Worries about a return of shale production are increasing and Iraq pledged a huge surge in production, from Bloomberg:
The Brent oil price was hammered 4% last night to $63.93 as I write. The causes were threefold. The US dollar surged. Worries about a return of shale production are increasing and Iraq pledged a huge surge in production, from Bloomberg:
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