ExxonMobil CEO Says Oil Price Should Be $60 To $70 A Barrel |
| May 14, 2011 | May 2011 Bond Updates |
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Rex Tillerson, the boss of ExxonMobil admitted last week that the price of oil--based purely on supply and demand- should be in the $60 to $70 a barrel range. The reason it's above $100 a barrel, Tillerson explained, is due to the oil majors using futures contracts to lock in current high prices, and speculation that is engineered by the high-frequency trading of quantitative hedge funds. |
| View more at: http://blogs.forbes.com/robertlenzner/2011/05/14/exxon-mobil-ceo-says-oil-price-should-be-60-70-a-barrel/ |
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