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Unstable world oil market

Journal Article · · Energy J.; (United States)
The size of low-cost oil reserves available for development creates a permanent surplus that OPEC controls in order to maintain prices. The future is uncertain, however, because the cartel is clumsy and inclined to overreact. A quick rise in oil demand might help the cartel, but there is a better chance of movement the other way as economic recovery increases investment to discover and develop non-OPEC oil and gas reserves. A cartel of consuming nations can balance the exporters' cartel, but OPEC is likely to survive because the world market needs it.
Research Organization:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
OSTI ID:
5849509
Journal Information:
Energy J.; (United States), Journal Name: Energy J.; (United States) Vol. 6:1; ISSN ENJOD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English