Skull wrote:
Oil prices are being held artificially low due to Saudi Arabia pumping the stuff out of the ground like it's going out of fashion, and right in the middle of an economic slowdown. Oil production is running contrary to market demand. They are actually forcing down the price of their own oil. It might have something to do with Iran and the US. It looks like Iran is for the high jump. They are certainly wanting to hurt Iran's ability to export oil.
You need not worry. You'll be getting shafted at the pumps very shortly. You can count on it?

We've been getting shafted at the pumps for years, if you haven't noticed.
Yes the Saudis are pumping the stuff like its going out of fashion. So is everyone else BTW, including us.
That's because worldwide capacity has been struggling to meet global demand.
Demand must be dropping if the price is going down, no doubt due to the parlous state of the world economy.
Once the price drops far enough, OPEC will stop pumping so much, halting the nosedive in prices.
The real shafting at the pumps still continues courtesy of HMG, who continue to fleece the UK motorist at world record levels.
Oil prices will really go through the roof when this recession/depression ends, because there just isn't enough of the stuff to go round.
Now that is a mathematical certainty.