You have an oil market that is quite tight in the products side, particularly in the U.S.. Then you have a hurricane which closed eight refineries. The market looks at the situation and realizes supplies are even tighter. Prices will only fall if demand declines.

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There is no reason to do anything other than a rollover. The market is functioning and oil is plentiful.

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The subsidies may be big, but the situation in Iraq is such a mess. If there is a price increase, if they remove some of the subsidies, it will cause a lot of hardship.

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The hurricane created a crisis, but the roots of the problem are much deeper than that.

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It's crazy, socially and politically.

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