Monday, November 05, 2007

Oil Now

Brent Crude Oil: $91.46

The ptrol price goes up by 3 cents on Wednesday. Fortunately we're in a position right now to say: "Is that all." This is due in large part to the R/$ moving in our favour. Let's hope it stays that way.

Unfortunately November also spells the beginning of the winter (heating oil) season, or in layman's terms, the Northern hemisphere winter. Global warming - bizarrely - can actually help in this context by offsetting the ordinary effects of Northern Hemisphere winter chill and lowering the tab (for heating) in this respect. But the misconception is that global warming is 'warming everywhere'. One exception is the United Kingdom, which is likely to experience increasingly cold winters with the warm Gulf Stream conveyor belt (bringing them warm air and milder temperatures) being cut off by melted (this cold and low saline), arctic inflows swimming into the Atlantic currents.

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