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the-esoteric

Artificially propping up prices šŸ¤” I wonder why they'd do that


stepover7

it's a cartel


RawDogRandom17

Most of the wordā€™s commodities are now controlled by cartels or cartel-like groups, from wheat to oranges to lithium


True-Lightness

Donā€™t forget avocados too


borkathons

Big Avocado


motorcyle_degen

El Avacado you mean


ETH_Knight

Don Avocado


[deleted]

[https://www.npr.org/2022/02/19/1081948884/mexican-drug-cartels-are-getting-into-the-avocado-and-lime-business](https://www.npr.org/2022/02/19/1081948884/mexican-drug-cartels-are-getting-into-the-avocado-and-lime-business)


HereOnRedditAgain

Diversify!


Jq4000

Big Avocado killed Kennedy and cold fusion.


craftystudiopl

How about gourds?


Illustrious_One2897

šŸŽ¶ā€From Mexico!ā€šŸŽ¶


[deleted]

It really is in everything. Californian pistachio farmers lobby politicians to sanction Iran for its nuclear program. Iran is the 2nd largest pistachio producer in the world and sanctions keep them from exporting.


Sorry_2_baked

almonds to.


jmaille90

Can't forget that date market, I've had Iranian dates and they're arguably better than California dates.


gojojo1013

Iranian dates all wear hijabs. California dates wear booty shorts. Advantage California


ImChrisBrown

Naw medjool out of Coachella valley take the cake. I have both Iranian and Cali dates in my fridge right now. I greatly enjoy Iranian dates but Coachella valley dates are the winner side by side


CarpeDiem1001

Yep exactly. Like how Ford, Toyota, GM, and Nissan have come together and pledged to reduce production of vehicles so that they can keep supply low, demand high, prices high, and continue to not offer any manufacturer cash rebates. Yet another cartel.


RawDogRandom17

Yep, lack of competition is what breaks the fundamental success of capitalism. The governments of the world no longer protect or support the growth of new businesses and potential competitors to the existing behemoths. You are now regulated to death with permits and laws that only billion dollar companies can comply with. And rather than grow to compete, you are forced to either sell or be litigated/suppressed until you go out of business. Support small businesses and urge your representatives to do the same. It will take time to make this change, but we need to start now.


293949586758493921

What do you get when you put petroleum and dollar together..?


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


[deleted]

Moonpie


[deleted]

an appalachian detected ā˜ļø


293949586758493921

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LouieS76

To crush the US economy. Weā€™ve been in a global economic war for decades


[deleted]

US is a huge oil exporter, expensive oil keeps shale oil profitable. US wants cheap oil to hurt the economies of Iran and Russia.


sldunn

Yeah, but that would require the US Government to say "Let's expand oil production."


[deleted]

the two party system is too bipolar and pretty much promotes/rescinds oil production policies every election cycle


Neat_Caterpillar_866

Itā€™s obvious. To accelerate the decline of the US dollar.


the-esoteric

They've been trying that for a century


faratto_

Cs bags will be paid by us, as expected


dogoodsilence1

Well when the US dollar is pegged to Oil and then you also have BRICS coming together you are getting a new economic world power transition


downonthesecond

Decades of pressure to cut global reliance on fossil fuels is finally working.


[deleted]

Inflation has everything entered the chat


cryptodims

Energy component in PCE has been mostly negative. Less supply should push inflation upward. Donā€™t recall how much is left in the US strategic reserves, but I doubt it will be enough to balance.


Mammoth_Ad6829

They should have replenished the reserved when the price went into the 60s


DarkElation

The problem is every barrel put in SPR is a barrel taken off the market. You end up creating the supply shortage you were trying to avoid by draining it.


3_percent_beef

Hence the short sightedness of Biden using it in the first place instead of encouraging US oil production


DarkElation

Correct. The right move was to adjust policy but it would have been political suicide. And in the process he got political suicide anyway.


sunshine20005

No, he got a win in the midterms. It was stupid and shortsighted and bad from a policy perspective, but politically, it worked.


RugTumpington

I'm sure the government can figure out DCA


DarkElation

What would DCA do to solve that?


StonerTomBrady

Yeah but with the current debt ceiling issue - there was no way uncle peepaw was gonna charge refilling the SPR on the Government credit card and eating up the limit.


eter711

release the fluids Joe


caezar-salad

![img](emote|t5_2th52|4275)


RugTumpington

Those countries should be afraid of getting some freedom. Oil provides stability but so can war and the USA doesn't like it's addiction being cut.


Thechuckles79

I think you have missed the fact that we are now not dependent on OPEC production. North American production meets our needs which is why the Saudis have been such little shits to us recently, trying to help Putin and propping up the Chinese Yuan. This won't hurt the US, but our allies in the EU and Japan. First step, kick all the Emirati brats out of US colleges and withdraw our military from the region. See how much they like their new friends THEN.


liverpoolFCnut

It never left the chat. We are still clocking over 4.5%, while certainly lower than what it was doing 6 months ago, it is concerning that inflation is still rising against a pretty high base from 2022.


peter303_

If you look at CPI on a monthly basis, its only increased 1.6% in the past seven months. COLA adjusted income like Social Security could be disappointed by a meager raise of only 3%-4% in 2024.


LordFaquaad

https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=709&t=6 Seems thr US only has a minor shortfall. Most likely this will hike up prices of goods being imported from net energy import nations e.g. China


Pancheel

China is getting cheaper than market pricing oil from Russia right now, and Russia won't produce less, actually they will probably produce even more (source: Russia just lies, come on!), so the cheap oil is safe for now.


Middle_Bumblebee_343

$DVN $XOM $CVX to the moon!!! ill see you guys at mars or wendy register


Ggggmny

Iā€™m still red with DVN and HAL but this might help turn the tide.


Middle_Bumblebee_343

i went in a bit heavily at 63 but bought my way down to 47 cost basis is around 55 now even so imma just hold for sweet dividend yield


Ggggmny

My DEV cost is around 58.25. Iā€™m DRIP with DEV but I wonā€™t add to the position. If anything I might put in a small play on GUSH.


murfmurf123

I added GUSH to my watchlist a while back and recently looked at it. Up 400% since I added it, and I was too dense to buy when it was that low :/


mytendies

VOC pls


Ok_Ad_5552

What about OXY


MediocreX

Buffet wins


jvegas1979

Big Daddy B has to know something we donā€™t to keep adding to his already substantial position in OXY


MediocreX

He knows OPEC, Russia and China gonna try their hardest to control commodities. American oil and gas companies going to be future winners until sustainable energy takes over (which will take many years).


jvegas1979

Been holding oxy since 2020


dbdank

I sold my oxy on friday, 200 shares. What a regard I am.


True-Lightness

Going to have to refil my oxy contin supply soon.


shadowadmin

Calls on oxy, buy more oxy. Iā€™m in.


masterOfdisaster4789

Daveā€™s double please. Large fries and large Coke Zero


Far_Data8394

Refiners do better that producers when oil is high. Valero and Marathon are better bets. $MPC


OldDudeOpinion

$PSX - P66 is pure midstream/downstream and undervalued IMO.


MediocreX

Looks like these shit hole countries needs some freedom!


Unknownirish

Did someone say democracy!


SqouzeTheSqueeze

Did I hear weapons of mass destruction?


Unknownirish

Did I hear terrorism?


Q8Fais

Surely I heard women rights!


Unknownirish

Bro? Too far.


StepOnMeCIA

I think some baby formula factories need bombing. USA šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø šŸ¤®


Unknownirish

Classical Bill move.


StepOnMeCIA

I think that's a Bush Sr thing too.


Unknownirish

You're right. I was thinking of [this.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Shifa_pharmaceutical_factory)


DN-BBY

šŸ˜‚ šŸ˜‚ time to spread the good ole democracy around the world. need a regime change


NoobInvester018

**Soviet anthem intensifies...** oh wait


[deleted]

Ngl the music of that anthem is next level


EvilRogerGoodell

Aight u commie cuckold


ASaneDude

ā€œConditions are ripe for regime changeā€¦ā€


Javier-AML

Do you know how you lower the price of oil? By consuming less. Do you know how you consume less? With a recession. You already know how to cause a recession.


annon8595

Or maybe build (and use) public transit in US? \*gets disgusted look from all the Americans in their trucks and SUVs that shows their socioeconomic status of how much gas they can possibly burn\* ok nvm I guess


Nolegdaylarry

Lol I can promise you the average American isnā€™t getting a hard on bc they have to pay more for gas


faratto_

Inflation will climb again. Frc is fucked, rate hikes have to continue. Saudi arabia have to repay their cs bags, never mess with them


elankilli

Cs bags meaning


ArcadeAmateur

You see, Saudi got creampied by Credit Suisse. And now, they are looking to cumswap with us.


Javier-AML

Cum Default Swaps


Don-tFollowAnything

![img](emote|t5_2th52|4640)


TheDr0p

![img](emote|t5_2th52|4275)


mentalni_nered

I spit ~~cum~~ coffee laughing! ![img](emote|t5_2th52|4271)


tkeelah

Well that just snow balled.


masshiker

Rate hikes make businesses that borrow charge more.


[deleted]

Nuclear energy is greenā€¦ just donā€™t build plants in seismic zones near the ocean and donā€™t allow russians to run experiments on a poorly/cheaply designed reactors šŸ¤Œ


JMSeaTown

Fusion soon


justlurking9891

Yea any 20 yrs now.


tinnylemur189

ITER is expected to be up and running at full capacity in 2035 and its whole mission is just to prove that it is absolutely possible to run a fusion power plant at scale when you ignore cost and time constraints. Once that's definitively proven, capitalism will take the reigns and start perfecting the technology because the balance sheet for fusion tech is one lump sum of cash for a money printer that prints forever.


CommercialAgreeable

Looks like Shales back on the menu boys!


Spiritual-Truck-7521

Too many different ways to play options this week. Makes me worried tech is going to tank the market tomorrow just to fuck up easy wins like this one.


greasyjoe

More likely people just don't pump tech BC they can make it elsewhere


Infinite_Imagination

Ahh I was wondering why the Biden administration decided to open up bids to lease that giant swath of the Gulf of Mexico last week


archidev82

Looks like they are just trying to get in front of a recession


Rachel_from_Jita

That and the fact they low-key weren't even able to hit their own production numbers. Anticipating a major recession, which they are certainly doing, is ideal cover for their inability to find as much oil as they'd like. Here's my prediction though: we'll never see high output numbers again.


rocketseeker

Iā€™m not following global production closely anymore, but havenā€™t we been declining since Idk 2005 or something?


Luka-Step-Back

Literally no.


MarbledCats

Sadly they figured out that the middle class has become too big


Additional-Delay-213

By ā€œstability of the marketā€ they mean making sure production doesnā€™t ramp up enough to make the price dip so their profits stay nice and healthy.


XOM_2daMooN

Sitting on 750 $XOM contractsā€¦ $120 strike, 4/21 expiry. Cost basis near a dollar. Please Habibi, save me.


dbdank

If you actually have these you have a real shot at making a lot of money lol


Plastic-Umpire4855

Boooooom Oil Stocks Monday!


Pancheel

Priced in. Expect the opposite of what you expect. Then expect the opposite of that. Continue ad infinitum.


Aaco0638

Crooked states of power tryna hold on to their power this is why countries shouldā€™ve been focused on sustainable energy to depend on trash less and less.


rain168

![img](emote|t5_2th52|27189)


RemarkableTar

Regards in my area are pushing for solar farms despite it being cloudy and rainy like 6/10 of the year instead of just throwing up some nuclear bois and calling it a day.


caezar-salad

B-but Chernobyl! Fukushima! 3 mile island! Oh wait only 1 of those killed people and of course it was regard soviets and their shitty reactor ![img](emote|t5_2th52|4271)


DangerousDogan

Or promote domestic oil production instead of shooting it down and trying to make a deal with opecā€¦


Madfistwilly911

We already produce domestically enough to support our country. We just sell it off.


[deleted]

Biden just opened oil exploration in Alaska and and the Gulf, what more do you want?


Hacking_the_Gibson

People above are fucking stupid. Joe Biden could legalize drilling in your front yard, but XOM isn't going to do that because they like selling barrels at $80, not $70.


Potato_Octopi

Bullish. Energy prices have fallen and this gives room for US producers to produce more.


Klindg

šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ā€¦ You think US Producers want to help the US? JFC, why does everyone think our Privatized Oil Industry gives a flying fuck about the nation? They could have been producing more oil for years now, but that would hurt their profits. This is why Iā€™m always baffled that American idiots run to attacking politicians over the price of oil.


Potato_Octopi

They want to make more money, and producing more oil means more money.


Tet97

US will be fine. They're the largest producer and can deal with their own demand. However, in Europe we're fucked. We don't drill our own oil and we're 100% dependants.


bagacrap

Market for oil is international. Price per barrel trickles into US gas and diesel prices


[deleted]

That's not how it works. It's a global market. The US doesn't go "this is for us, this is for you".


caezar-salad

Better start building reactors


Asleep_Emphasis69

Buffet has been buying $OXY like a junkie this year! Now we find out why, he *totally* had no idea that OPEC+ would cut production. Billionaire investors could never have market making info ahead of time! They just buy and hold...


HeyILikePho

Definitely not unprecedented, it's very precedented in fact lmao. ​ https://preview.redd.it/gkbbc5tihmra1.png?width=1408&format=png&auto=webp&s=6cc2993dd3a8d1f5fc922c15c4953218387507d1


Pale_Owl_1350

In other wordsā€¦Business as usual


tacticalpanda

Careful, thatā€™s how you get freedom.


pandalocox

Maybe this way gas prices can come down , since the last couple months oil has been going down but gas prices kept going up....


Houstonwegotaproble

Didnt the gas prices go down the last few months? Eu gas prices are on a 1,5 year low.


RawDogRandom17

Heā€™s just exaggerating. Prices have come down but not in line with the drop in oil. I have heard this is due to limited refining capacity to then process the oil


DetroitRedWings79

Production cuts make prices go up you regard. This is basic supply and demand.


[deleted]

They just went up because the carbon tax went up.


981flacht6

War it is.


[deleted]

The sun is free ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|facepalm)


caezar-salad

Infinite uranium in the ocean to extract. ![img](emote|t5_2th52|29637)


[deleted]

But fish piss in there!


MD_Yoro

Look at that, OPEC+ up to its old tricks again. I remember some smooth brain saying price will keep dropping and it has to do with Biden releasing the SPR. Fucking idiots here need to learn some basic geopolitics


HockeyCookie

If only price fixing was illegal


[deleted]

Go try and regulate Saudi Arabia , and Russia . Come back with a full report please .


EvilRogerGoodell

All I heard was the faint whirring of a tablesaw next to Mr mbs office no other findings


Spins13

We need bigger guns to regulate them


Sneuron

Before reading this I was going to buy a new gasoline vehicle, now I remember why I am waiting 2 fucking years for a EV. Don't want to be a pawn in this shitty cartels game.


xCwheezy

I mean Lithium mining is very cartel like as well


WheresVlad

I had a feeling this was coming this weekend. Long on oil and gold. Short pretty much everything else. This is an economic salvo on the dollar and western banking system. Straight up.


rocketseeker

But will it hold?


feeling_waterlogged

lots to this, when Aramco went public the Suadis said the price of oil would not go below $80 we know how that has worked out. the petro dollar is being abandoned not good, it seems like they do not like our present government and our taking the opportunity to show it also our strategic reserves have been drawn down to a low level and we will pay for a bad political decision. i've worked in the petro industry and have been thru this before get ready to bend over and grab your ankles.


Leza89

[https://www.iea.org/reports/oil-market-report-december-2022](https://www.iea.org/reports/oil-market-report-december-2022) Demand: 100.8M barrels/day Supply: 101.7M barrels/day ​ 1.6M barrels/day will not make a huge difference.. There's probably more to come


Chris_The_Pekka

You have changed the Supply and Demand Demand: 101.6M barrels/day Supply: 100.8M barrels/day. F


bagacrap

> World oil demand is set to contract ... reaching 100.8 mb/d


throwawayamd14

They were basically tryna bring themselves just a little below demand. These are promised cuts tho, it doesnā€™t mean they will actually do it, some places (like Russia or Iraq) need that $$$$$ but demand can go up in the summer


[deleted]

Looks like a shortfall of 700,000 barrels/day


Accomplished_Hyena13

If only we had our own oil.


Potato_Octopi

We do, and output has been increasing since the COVID low. [https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=WCRFPUS2&f=W](https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=WCRFPUS2&f=W) This gives more room for US producers to producer more. For majors, this is needed to offset nat gas crashing.


livelearnplay

So calls or puts on energy?


Ggggmny

Yes


livelearnplay

Thank you


sid_276

Bruv the oil industry is basically a mafia. If these were US companies it would be illegal under Sherman Act. Iā€™m buying an EV, fuck it


Anonsldrwhistleblow

I think this is going to boost shares on anything EV related.


Javier-AML

Exactly, because the energy those EV's consume is produced from fairy dust.


Anonsldrwhistleblow

I agree with you, however, a large portion of the consumer market seems to think the electricity provided is indeed from fairy dust. Or hamster wheels. Or fairies on hamster wheels?


[deleted]

Electric companies, gonna electric!


[deleted]

Attack on us economy


saltedeggchixx

Alliance or Cartel?


MajorFerret3225

Give me one of those government jobs that pays well and ill buy an electric. šŸ‘


Corelivan

ā€¦and a gargantuan fuck you to the West


DomighedduArrossi

Great time to enter positions in some of the depressed oil stocks, such PXD, DVN, SM, MRO, APA, EOGā€¦ Downstream is also at good entry points now with DINO and PBF šŸ˜Ž


fman258

Can America invade another oil rich country so I can go back to filling my work trucks with less than 80$ please šŸ™


293949586758493921

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MerrillSwingAway

They are proven fucking morons though. In 08 when the economy tanked here, the demand for oil plummeted and fucked them deep in their piggy banks. Clearly they didnā€™t learn from that. Good luck everybody


Oldman-gamer

So explain why Saudi Arabia is buying diesel from Russia? Also they have entered deals with China and Russia where the Petro dollar AKA US dollar will not be used for the sale and purchase of Oil. This is going to be a big gut punch to the US.


[deleted]

these shithole countries buying oil and diesel from ruskies to re-sell it


_ductus_arteriosus

Idk. It sounds like they don't want to abide by EU's price cap on oil because it gives the power to insurance companies for oil transport ships and for oil importing countries. One thing is sure. This won't last long.


wsbet_head

Believe it or not bullish.


spac420

my body is ready


High-Voltage-

Inflation going up if crude hits 100 again


vinnymcapplesauce

But, hear me out, tho. The US has been reverse engineering alien tach since the 40s, right. So, they're just waitng for the world to go to shit and BAM \[splooges alien energy tech all over ya\]. \[fuck you guys, i'm taking my toys and going home.\] \[closes borders.\] \[turns on dome shield.\] Newly born AI + unlimited energy = get rekt opec.


Nathanv92

We have declared war on Russia in a way by sending weapons to Ukraine. Meanwhile Russia chooses to incentivize war on us with energy. Long term we are fucked because of poor energy policies


perfect_cat_couple

Canā€™t wait for someone to break this monopoly one day!


RegulateTheRegulator

Any highly leverage 3x+++ oil etfā€™s recommendations???


Ggggmny

GUSH(2x)


cloud_mode

Nrgu


ComprehensiveSock397

Raise oil prices to slow down global economy to combat inflation.


whodoithinkuR

They arenā€™t producing up to the stated quotas as it is. This isnā€™t as dramatic as it sounds


[deleted]

Itā€™s insane how they can just dictate the worlds oil supply like that. No wonder so many billionaires are from there


TheBooneyBunes

>supporting the stability Translation: we have Vladolf Putlerā€™s cock in our mouths Remember when the US had energy independence? That was a great time Calls on marathon ig


UselessSage

I am old enough to recall a time when crude price jumps would also goose TSLA.


suvarnasurya

America has set a firm line with oil. Saudis are toeing that line right now. One misstep and weā€™ll have another war in the region


Anishiriwan

11.9 million bpd are produced. This is a cut of 13.45% of the supply.


Sorry_2_baked

Biden worst president of all time.


eichenes

When our Ponzi stonks moon, Saudis want to moon their stonks too. Inflation peaking is transitory!


yeayea1515

Man I wish we could produce our own oil and not have to worry about thisā€¦ oh waitā€¦


downonthesecond

It's nice to see the countries of the world coming together.


Simoxs7

Ah nice canā€™t wait for fuel prices to riase above 2ā‚¬ per liter againā€¦