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Iran war drains US oil stocks to lowest level since 2004

29 pointsby petethomasyesterday at 9:06 PM5 commentsview on HN

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d4ngyesterday at 10:15 PM

Everyone’s talking about an oil price spike if stocks are depleted, but the heavy backwardation of crude oil futures tells a completely different story. Who is right? Are crude oil traders, who I’m sure know exactly how much remains in reserve, on Chinese fentanyl, or is something else going on?

There was a press release by Exxon a couple of days ago with claims of prices hitting 150.

People have been making similar claims for months, but it hasn’t happened. The forward curve has been backwardated for quite a while now.

Is it Exxon doing a please buy our oil while it’s high, or is something else going on? Pray tell.

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