Episode 53 - OPEC PR campaign | OPEC PR campaign | President Trump tweets on gas prices

Published: Jan. 16, 2019, 4:06 p.m.

b'Latest on Iran Sanctions
https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/oil/011419-interview-no-reason-iran-sanctions-will-lead-to-higher-oil-prices-us-hook
Will there still be a surplus oil on the market come April when the SREs are to be reexamined? Brian Hook thinks so, but we\'re not so sure this will be the case come April.

OPEC PR campaign
https://www.wsj.com/articles/opec-weighs-a-first-ever-influence-campaign-in-the-u-s-11547236986
How will OPEC salvage an image that is so bad already with only $500,000? Yes, OPEC has at time had positive impacts on the US economy and oil production, but no politician will ever put themselves on the side of a cartel.

President Trump tweets on gasoline prices and deregulated energy
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1084785809000185862?s=21
The U.S. is producing more energy than before and Trump has deregulated energy production, but what really helped bring energy production up is foreign "regulation" in terms of sanctions towards Iran.

Al Falih talks about US shale, the market, OPEC, etc.
https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/oil/011319-us-shale-oil-producers-ride-opec-coattails-but-saudi-arabia-doesnt-mind-falih-says
We all KNEW Saudi Arabia has been talking to U.S. oil producers all along. The meetings they have in Houston are just a public show. Shale producers want OPEC and Saudi Arabia to do all the work and reap all the benefit.

Saudi oil reserves and Aramco IPO
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/10/saudi-arabia-plots-new-path-to-long-delayed-aramco-ipo.html
Reserve audits show Saudi Arabia has more oil than the Saudis have self-reported, essentially confirms what Saudis have long said.

How much oil does Saudi Arabia have?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenrwald/2019/01/09/why-it-matters-how-much-oil-saudi-arabia-has/

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