Crude Volatility: The History and the Future of Boom-Bust Oil Prices (Center on Global Energy
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As OPEC has loosened its grip over the past ten years, the oil market has been rocked by wild price swings, the likes of which haven t been seen for eight decades. Crafting an engrossing journey from the gushing Pennsylvania oil fields of the 1860s to today s fraught and fractious Middle East, Crude Volatility explains how past periods of stability and volatility in oil prices help us understand the new boom-bust era. Oil s notorious volatility has always been considered a scourge afflicting not only the oil industry but also the broader economy and geopolitical landscape; Robert McNally makes sense of how oil became so central to our world and why it is subject to such extreme price fluctuations., Tracing a history marked by conflict, intrigue, and extreme uncertainty, McNally shows how-even from the oil industry s first years-wild and harmful price volatility prompted industry leaders and officials to undertake extraordinary efforts to stabilize oil prices by controlling production. Herculean market interventions-first, by Rockefeller s Standard Oil, then, by U.S. state regulators in partnership with major international oil companies, and, finally, by OPEC-succeeded to varying degrees in taming the beast., McNally, a veteran oil market and policy expert, explains the consequences of the ebbing of OPEC s power, debunking myths and offering recommendations-including mistakes to avoid-as we confront the unwelcome return of boom and bust oil prices.
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