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After hitting $126, is $150 far behind?
Saturday, May 10, 2008
CNNMoney.com -- Oil leaped into uncharted territory Friday, soaring past the $126-a-barrel mark for the first time, and leaving analysts and investors wondering how high the price will go. U.S. light crude futures for June delivery hit an intraday record $126.20 in electronic trading, and set a settlement mark at $125.96. That was $2.27 above Thursday's prior record close of $123.69 a barrel. Continued concerns about supply, particularly from Venezuela in the face of reports that President Hugo Chavez's support of Colombian rebels could threaten the flow of oil to the United States.

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Saturday, May 10, 2008
CNNMoney.com -- Oil leaped into uncharted territory Friday, soaring past the $126-a-barrel mark for the first time, and leaving analysts and investors wondering how high the price will go. U.S. light crude futures for June delivery hit an intraday record $126.20 in electronic trading, and set a settlement mark at $125.96. That was $2.27 above Thursday's prior record close of $123.69 a barrel. Continued concerns about supply, particularly from Venezuela in the face of reports that President Hugo Chavez's support of Colombian rebels could threaten the flow of oil to the United States.

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zuke519
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Message Posted: 5/12/2008 11:54:58 AM  Ignore zuke519 Report Abuse
Nope - $150 is definitely just around the corner.
POLELANE
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wish i knew
EasyMPG
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Well the inflationary backlash against the US greenback is not done yet. The greenback's supply has increased 1500% since the 1970's, so there is still plenty of room for the greenback to continue to fall in value.
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Most likely.
uksqueeze
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Is $100 far behind?
jvt666
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It's always some reason...
AlaRedNeck
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$150 or MORE by mid summer...
nyacoub1
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$150 by middle of summer.
bowler48226
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Old news.
ramshot412
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Up, up, and away.
TBoneSoCA
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.. and this is the same oil that sold for less than $70 a barrel a year ago
luv2sleep
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BOHICA - Bend Over Here It Comes Again - Another price hike.
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it needs to go down by $70.00 a barrel
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wait till DEC

[Edited by: socalusra at 5/12/2008 11:33:43 AM EST]
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The media will find more "bad news" stories to print so the prices keep climbing.
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i thought bigger is better
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No
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i'm hoping to hear something good from them today, as for every day
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I hope not. Not holding my breath though.
iluna
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These greedy SOB's (speculators, politicians, etc.) are killing their golden goose. Pretty soon everything will come to a standstill and then what will they do to get more money??
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Goldman Sachs said $150-200.
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I read this same article in the detroit news Sunday paper
They are just preparing us for the $200 a barrel
FuelGrinch
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I say $200 before the summer is over.
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Within a week
44Irish
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Really old news.
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Old news :-( Where's some fresh?
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and seems that Big3 are ignoring and produce trucks and cars with big and inefficient engines.
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You said it TEXJOHN.
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No. $150 not too far behind. $150 is ten times closer than $100 so it seems.
bbthegun
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Well, the speculators who invested in oil as a hedge against the dollar and doing all they can to drive the price higher for their clients to make sure they don't lose their investment. The demand and global conditions simply do not support this high price and it will fall and hopefully soon...
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Just wish I owned a couple of oil wells.
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The quicker oil rises to $150 or higher, the quicker we will develop alternatives to make oil obsolete. Sweet!
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It depends on the speculators.
Gerund1
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Just keep on predicting and it will come.
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Why ask us the readers, if it will reach $150...the companies, media and speculators already know it will...so stop the madness...start writing about how to save on gas and other stories..stop torturing people...
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Unless they do something about the dollar, yes. If we can get 25 cents back on the dollar against the Euro, gas could drop by 50-60 cents /gal.
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Enough of this guessing if oil will go up even higher... it might as well read:
"$120 a barrel- is $1000 far behind?"
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Answer: soon
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until something is done about the stock market speculators prices will continue to go up!
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Uncle! No more!
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Greed is good.
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I"m sure the oil barrel prices will continue to go up. As long as the companies can get away with it and the demand is there..... keep on raising it. Somehow we have to lower the demand.
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It will go as high as the speculator's GREED will take it.
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$150 is only a few months away, followed by $200 by the end of the year!!
MARK MY WORDS PEOPLE!!!
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Well, glazarides, it's the first time in US history that both the president and veep are oil men. Go figure.
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the lies will get u sthere
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I think it will, I think G.W. is giving us the stimulus checks to pay for that, it's the only way G.W. could find to siphon money from the government to the oil companies.

Or am I just being paranoid.
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We don't get much oil from Chavez, but an excuse is an excuse.....
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There are areas on the north slope that are open for lease outside of ANWR that no one is drilling, use those areas.
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Jeb Bush's request to the Fed's extended the block on drilling on the offshore shelf around Florida, too close to home.
More power than the environmentalist have.
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I'm loving my Prius more everyday! I drive 415+- a day at my courier job and it's costing me $29.50 to fill - up @ $3.89 a gal in California Northern and central valley. I expect $200 a barrel by 01-21-08 and from there who knows? As long as my employer keeps given me penny a mile every twenty five cents increase, I'm driving! Sure, sometimes 50mph but mostly 56 been known to drive 63mph!
Lets hope it'll settle down, but I think we're on a ' runaway' train with no hope of stoping without a crash.
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