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The '''price of crude oil''' refers to the spot price of either WTI/Light Crude on the New York Mercantile Exchance (NYMEX), or Brent as traded on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). The price of a specific barrel depends mostly on its grade (determined by [[sulphur]] content and [[specific gravity]]) and location.
The '''price of crude oil''' refers to the spot price of either WTI/Light Crude on the New York Mercantile Exchance (NYMEX), or Brent as traded on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). The price of a specific barrel depends mostly on its grade (determined by [[sulphur]] content and [[specific gravity]]) and location.
Oil's price is mostly affected by supply and demand. Demand is highly dependent on global economic conditions, with high growth pushing up oil prices, but high oil prices restricting growth. Supply can be affected by events such as [[Hurricane Katrina]] or the [[War on Terror]], and by the actions of suppliers. [[OPEC]], which consists of [Algeria]], [[Angola]], [[Ecuador]], [[Iran]], [[Iraq]], [[Kuwait]], [[Libya]], [[Nigeria]], [[Qatar]], [[Saudi Arabia]], the [[United Arab Emirates]], and [[Venezuela]], controls some 75% of the World's [oil reserves]], and was set up to allows its members to control the price of oil, leading some to accuse it of operating like a [[cartel]].
Oil's price is mostly affected by supply and demand. Demand is highly dependent on global economic conditions, with high growth pushing up oil prices, but high oil prices restricting growth. Supply can be affected by events such as [[Hurricane Katrina]] or the [[War on Terror]], and by the actions of suppliers. [[OPEC]], which consists of [[Algeria]], [[Angola]], [[Ecuador]], [[Iran]], [[Iraq]], [[Kuwait]], [[Libya]], [[Nigeria]], [[Qatar]], [[Saudi Arabia]], the [[United Arab Emirates]], and [[Venezuela]], controls some 75% of the World's [[oil reserves]], and was set up to allows its members to control the price of oil, leading some to accuse it of operating like a [[cartel]].
[[Category:Economics]]
[[Category:Economics]]