Could 250 Oil be lurking on the horizon?

摘要

Although it may sound fantastic, at least one economist has postulated that 250 oil is a hypothetical extreme that might be required to shock oil consumers. This grim scenario is based on the history of the last super-surge in oil prices that took place in the 1970s and early 1980s when nominal West Texas Intermediate (WTI) prices rose by a factor of 10, from 3.50 per barrel to 35.