Assasin!!! You might find this interesting

[USAF]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/marke...K?ocid=U220DHP

[Sir X]

The crude reality of declining crude oil prices

Saturday, 3 January 2015
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Hisham Melhem
The crashing price of oil, which dominated the world of energy in the last six months, and promises to stay with us for much of 2015, has brought cheers to American consumers and tears to the oil tsars of Russia, Iran and Venezuela in particular. If the price of oil remains in the neighborhood of $60 per barrel (bbl) for much of this year, the economic impact on Russia, Iran, Venezuela and maybe Iraq, Algeria, Nigeria and Libya could be ruinous. The sharp decline in oil revenues could force both Russia and Iran to review and maybe reduce their financial and material support for the Assad regime in Syria. Some optimists speculated that the crude reality brought about by the changing energy landscape may force Iran to show more flexibility in its nuclear negotiations with the P 5 + 1 in return for a quicker process of sanction relief. The precipitous fall in the price of oil has forced governments all over the world as well as the international financial institutions to review their investments and risk assessments for 2015 and beyond.

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/view...l-prices-.html

[Assasin]

thank you. Good article. Politics play a role but demand and supply plays a major role as the US production is something the Saudi don't want to see. It cuts in their major market.