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gas pricesFrancisco Blanch, global head of commodity research at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, stated in the Financial Times that his forecast is for oil prices to move above $90 per barrel, then to $100 per barrel.

With more stimulus from the Fed, more dollars will be sloshing around the world. This gives a boost to oil demand and then higher prices. QE2 is scheduled to continue into 2011, which will support oil prices into next year.

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One thing OPEC can never be accused of is: being a bastion of economic stimulus.

An OPEC official said some members of the group are calling for a $100 per barrel oil price, due to the dollar’s recent weakening. Oil is priced in dollars.

Venezuelan Energy and Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez told Bloomberg News the recent fall in the dollar means the “real price” of oil is $20 less than current levels, justifying a $100 price. Oil closed down $1.43 to $81.26 per barrel Friday.

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OPEC’s $100 Oil Goal Could Short-Circuit U.S. Recovery originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This morning, the Energy Department reported a surprise increase in oil inventories, leading crude futures lower thus far. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that crude oil stockpiles increased 3.1 million barrels. Analysts had expected a decrease of 1.3 million barrels in crude oil inventories. Despite the surprise, oil prices weren’t as low as one would think. November-dated crude was trading below $83 per barrel shortly after the inventory report.

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Crude Oil Inventories Unexpectedly Rise originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Are you comfortable with the price you are paying to fuel your vehicles? If so, good; if not, you better look for an alternative fuel vehicle. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced earlier today that it is “comfortable” with the current prices for black gold and that it doesn’t want to “rock the boat” as the economy attempts to recover from the recession.

I assume that the members of OPEC then lit cigars with $20 bills and sat around sipping brandy from gold snifters while laughing uproariously. OPEC’s Secretary General Abdalla El-Badri noted a sense of caution, because the cartel is trying to help the world economy. El-Badri stated that the path of the world recovery is “not really clear,” and that OPEC doesn’t “want to see a double-dip recession which … would affect, negatively, almost everybody.” Any change in prices or quotas this year will depend on unnamed “circumstances” according to the Secretary General.

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OPEC Comfortable With Crude Prices originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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