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Vivek Dhar

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209 total appearances

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FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Could oil really hit $200 a barrel?

And that's a number which no one really has had to price.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Could oil really hit $200 a barrel?

But that's when people start talking about $200 a barrel for oil.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Could oil really hit $200 a barrel?

So in terms of what's been at play, if we really had to look at how much supply has been shut in in the Middle East for oil, for example, we're talking roughly 14 million barrels a day.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Could oil really hit $200 a barrel?

That's say roughly the equivalent to about 13 to 14 percent of global demand for oil.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Could oil really hit $200 a barrel?

So that's been shut in.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Could oil really hit $200 a barrel?

And basically, you've got to have to find a way to make up for that difference.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Could oil really hit $200 a barrel?

Now,

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Could oil really hit $200 a barrel?

Inventory drawdowns are the way the market has really responded to this.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Could oil really hit $200 a barrel?

And thankfully, there's a lot of oil inventory.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Could oil really hit $200 a barrel?

But as I said before, there's a limit to it.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Could oil really hit $200 a barrel?

And these workarounds are already in play.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Could oil really hit $200 a barrel?

You're seeing some tankers risking the journey through the Strait of Hormuz

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Could oil really hit $200 a barrel?

And, you know, Iranian cargoes can't come through.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Could oil really hit $200 a barrel?

You're seeing pipeline bypasses.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Could oil really hit $200 a barrel?

So that is happening and that's already factored in to what is in these calculations.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Could oil really hit $200 a barrel?

But the other thing is we're also seeing U.S.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Could oil really hit $200 a barrel?

trying to pump as much oil out as possible.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Could oil really hit $200 a barrel?

The problem is the volume lost versus what can be really subtracted from it.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Could oil really hit $200 a barrel?

It's very challenging not to see this net inventory drawdown play out.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Could oil really hit $200 a barrel?

So look, in terms of how it's working across the other, the commodity side, like look, LNG has been impacted too.