Oil driving season

15 May 2007

Oil helping market with no real demand surge.

The Americans and Blair are apprently getting closer to doing an environment deal. Furthermore Bush is looking at taxing petrol and diesel much more heavily than in the past and this likely to have a significant impact on oil demand. The driving season could be shorter and this would mean less reliance on inventory stocks and middle east oil.

It is unlikely that we will see a fall in prices but the usual rally seen in oil around this time of year is likely to be shortlived.


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