Tightening or loosing the availability of capital, which the Federal Reserve has power over, will not change the balance of oil production to refinery capacity or make the oil producing nations politically stable.
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It lacks the mammoth balance-sheet that oil firms maintain to manage the huge risks in oil exploration.
The company bought oil rigs at low prices from Seahawk Drilling, another oil company with debt on the balance sheet, at a time when larger oil companies are spending cash to rebuild rigs, they say.
As the U.S. pays ever more for foreign oil, the trade balance will worsen, further eroding the value of the dollar and further propping up oil prices.
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Currently, crude oil prices are out of balance as new supply regions are isolated, making it difficult to get crude oil to market.
And Mexico's trade balance, boosted by high oil prices, is at risk.
As for the current position, Scotland's fiscal balance still requires all its oil and gas revenues to keep its deficit to 5% of gross domestic product.
Peak Oil means that, on balance, fields around the world that are young and still under high gas pressure, thus expanding their oil output, are equaled by older declining fields with lower pressure, which are forced to let their output slip each year.
With energy, the kernel of truth is that worldwide supply and demand for oil is roughly in balance for the moment.
So this is where the IFS has a suggestion which is both attractive and challenging: balance the budget without dependence on oil and gas.
Ali Rodriguez Araque, OPEC's secretary-general, has pointed out that the change in price is not the result of any change in the balance of supply and demand for oil, and he also said that OPEC has no intention of manipulating the price or supply of oil for political reasons.
In other words, what is the dollar amount per barrel that would be required for an oil-producing country to balance its fiscal budget?
When it comes to oil, striking the right balance between the state and the private sector, and between national content and foreign expertise, is notoriously tricky.
But if supply and demand are in close balance (as they were in the oil market), even very small changes in either component can lead to large price shifts.
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The world population can balance out at 9 billion in 2050 and oil will be finished.
Further, they say that Scotland contributes to the strength of sterling, not least through the hike which oil and gas gives to the balance of payments associated with the currency.
If the tribes are central to defeating him, the next government will have to balance them carefully, using Libya's oil wealth to buy support and time to address its many crises.
We start from a market in oil for current delivery that is in balance, where the price is such that supply and demand are roughly equal.
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New Orleans (CNN) -- A titanic courtroom showdown with billions of dollars in the balance opened in New Orleans on Monday, with oil giant BP arguing it shouldn't face the government's steepest penalties for the 2010 Gulf oil spill.
Russia still had a current-account surplus last year, but if oil prices continue their recent decline, the balance of payments will soon look less healthy and the need for foreign investment may become more urgent.
They argue that, barring an immediate collapse in oil prices, Venezuela will be close to fiscal balance this year.
Despite strong tax receipts, the government will balance its books this year thanks only to the sale of oil concessions and some creative accounting.
Maersk also benefits from a relatively strong balance sheet and its makeup as a conglomerate with a large oil and gas business that brings in comparatively stable earnings.
They cannot actually set a reference price for globally traded crude oil, and what ability they once had to balance the market has declined as traders have become more skeptical that the Kingdom is ready and willing to ramp up its production as much as it says it can.
The balance of protein and carbohydrate and fat -- the cod liver oil.
And while we get most of our oil imports from friends that dependence still negatively impacts our balance of trade.
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"The trade balance numbers were worse than expected, but a lot of it was oil related, " Stone said.
In addition, should the release be structured as a loan rather than an outright sale, effectively borrowing future oil today, market participants would perceive a more bullish forward balance.
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