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Crude Slips Lower
Some traders had expected crude oil prices to rally this week, since Russia is one of the world’s largest oil drillers. Instead, prices dropped after the United States announced Wednesday that it would release 5 million barrels from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a government stockpile of nearly 750 million barrels that the US holds for emergency purposes. The release this week was heralded as a signal that the US stands ready to buffer the impact of the Crimean crisis. In the wake of the announcement, crude fell to a five-week low of $97.55 per barrel.
Some analysts point out that crude oil is another weapon that the US wields against Russia, since that nation is dependent on oil income; if prices drop, Russia’s economy could suffer.
The Energy Report 3/14/14
This should be a stark warning to Vladimir Putin whose folly in Crimea could force his energy customers to seek a more stable supplier. Russia is very dependent on energy exports and the IEA says that at this point the West and Russia are mutually dependent on each other that could change in the near future with global supply on the rise. From a long term view this invasion of the Crimea could do long damage to the Russian economy and while the Chinese may keep buying Russia’s oil they obviously are having problems of their own.
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