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Glut of oil could push gasoline prices back down below $2 a

L.A. Times -- Energy experts say oil supply is outstripping demand. Eventually suppliers will tire of paying to store all of the surplus oil and flood the market, they predict.

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Submitted Jul 04, 2009 By: DeelSeeker
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marinasgrandpa
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 9:18:09 AM

if they thought they would tire paying the storage costs they wouldn't have started it-we consumers will be the ones paying for the storage with gas prices inflated by those same storage costs-the consumer gets the shaft once again
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BumbleBeeOK
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 9:17:45 AM

Eventually suppliers will tire of paying to store all of the surplus oil and flood the market, they predict.

Wow, hurry and flood the market.
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ironbox_sara
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 9:16:18 AM

Oh the poor oil companies.
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largobob
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 9:15:24 AM

Pozole - that was funny!
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mudshark57
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 9:14:56 AM

It COULD push gas prices down to $2, but you know Big Oil will just pocket the difference. And report another quarter of record profits.
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6642337
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 9:14:36 AM

OH that will not happen. refineries will shut down to stop that
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largobob
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 9:14:27 AM

next article...a little black rain cloud forms in the gulf...prices rise...gas to be over $4 a gallon soon!
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ERO
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 9:14:16 AM

Oil reporting is always suspect... this article is clearly good news to consumers. Remember the 70's? we were running out of oil...
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greatscot08
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 9:13:24 AM

WOW!!! Christmas in July!!!!!
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thwadi
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 9:12:55 AM

Anything could happen. US economy is not going to recover with high prices.
I hope they go down more.
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Pozole
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 9:12:31 AM

...spay or neuter your local speculator population...
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techque
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 9:09:11 AM

let us hope all the speculators pushing UP oil prices loose billions on their inflated futures bets !@!
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CharlieC08
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 9:07:48 AM

After Labor Day.
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Marson
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 9:07:05 AM

Probably wont happen but it would be good.
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abuck
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 9:06:30 AM

I really don't see it happening.
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psuray
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 9:05:58 AM

Sounds like a lot of wishful thinking. Time will tell
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butcheb
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 9:04:24 AM

great
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arnerator
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 9:04:14 AM

YES !!!! Give back some of what you stole from us.
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YKK
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 9:03:02 AM

Open the gates and let the tankers roll!
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madison8359
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 9:01:42 AM

Then why is retail fuel going up in price?

Tell me again what crude prices have to do with retail?

I feel sorry for the speculators!
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Yonkers111
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 9:01:34 AM

Prices below $2 would not be good for the long term.
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cincindie
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 9:01:21 AM

Highly unlikely. OPEC and the traders will do all they can to keep it up.
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vabites
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 8:58:26 AM

this will put a bunch of speculators in the poor house...and then we'll bail them out! leaving only us and our future generations really poor.

[Edited by: vabites at 7/4/2009 8:59:06 AM EST]
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humblepie
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 8:56:56 AM

and dinosaurs will roam central park
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cableman31
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 8:55:15 AM

That sounds like a "DREAM". But keep dreaming, you never know.

[Edited by: cableman31 at 7/4/2009 8:56:00 AM EST]
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winggnutt
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 8:54:36 AM

they will find a way screw us.....
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DerHahn
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 8:52:40 AM

get rid of the speculators and it might have chance.
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PrepHermit
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 8:52:25 AM

Sounds nice - but I'll believe it when I see it. Even if it does go down, speculators will see it as another opportunity to make money and drive it right back up again.
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lightbulbman2008
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 8:51:45 AM

seeing is believing at$2.659/10 per gallon!!!!
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03mdx
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 8:49:44 AM

That would be nice, but not if big oil and their best friends the speculators have their way.
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bumpygas
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 8:48:10 AM

Their going to have to drown the speculators first.
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Tundralimited2009
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 8:46:33 AM

What goes down, rebounds up!
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almoose2558
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 8:45:59 AM

let them pay and pay some more like we have been paying because of thier greed. hope they drown in thier iol glut.
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jb107
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 8:44:08 AM

Prices are going down but not by much.
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Tommy4Wheel
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 8:42:49 AM

Want prices to go down..Get rid of the Speculators..How simple can it get???
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Lovelee
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 8:41:41 AM

Good and maybe price and supplies will stablize.
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KillChain
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 8:41:36 AM

Oil is king, how do we get away from this addicition.
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KNOTTUSLIM
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 8:40:58 AM

THE PRICE HAS DROPPED TEN CENTS A GALLON THE PAST WEEK IN OUR AREA.
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jony
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 8:39:20 AM

I agree with "Jarol". we do need to get away from the oil addicition.
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TGJ
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 8:39:05 AM

good!!
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curlypooh
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 8:38:49 AM

OH MY GOD!!! Please don't hit us with another price crash. How will we ever survive with cheap gas. We'll just have to let our engines idle all night and take the LONG way to work. HEAVEN HELP US :) :) :)
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OleMiss79
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 8:37:03 AM

keep conserving energy and driving the prices down more.
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Jarol
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 8:35:41 AM

Meanwhile ... back on the farm ... we need a permanent energy policy that gives us independence from foreign suppliers.
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fordfan1
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 8:31:16 AM

Wishful thinking but it is only July 4th. We still have the rest of the summer and Labor Day to contend with. It is also Hurricane season too. Let one of these big storms loose in the gulf and watch the prices sky rocket.
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Gas Slave
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 8:29:56 AM

Sounds good, but I won't be holding my breath!
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zippy452
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 8:28:08 AM

Wishful thinking or good news for the 4th of July?
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MightyDude
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 8:22:19 AM

lovely article!!
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LanguageMan1
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 8:20:16 AM

Doublespeak all the time now. Gas usage up, glut of oil, oil is up because of China and others buying oil. Hopefully, it will go down though a bit before they get it back above $3 a gallon, and they will within the next 18 months.
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fltdoc
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 8:20:13 AM

If only it would really happen.
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turbosaab
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 8:19:32 AM

I'll believe it when I see it. Supply is too easily manipulated for there to be a long term benefit.
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rgjoslin
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Message Posted: Jul 4, 2009 8:19:27 AM

I don't believe the headlines.
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