The G-Factor Is Back

Author(s): Matthew Hulbert
Journal Title: European Energy Review
Publisher(s): Castel International Publishers
Publication Year: 2011

The author wonders, if markets are already jittery about unrest affecting small players such as Egypt and Tunisia, what will happen if major oil producers are affected? One thing is certain: after two years of fundamentals dictating oil prices, the geopolitical factor has returned to the oil market. And it is sending a strong message to OPEC: better quell the market now, or it might crush you later.

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