...as long as crude sells for over $85 a barrel, we can be profitable. Below that, and profits suffer.
So, lower oil prices actually make us more dependent on foreign sources, such as the Middle East, ....
Originally Posted by Jackie S
As long as crude sells for UNDER $85 a barrel we don't have to "dig" a hole here. Sop up as much as we can sop while it's cheap, and keep "ours" in the ground until there ain't no more to sop "over there."
In fact ... top off the strategic reserves and ....
... push some down into the ground elsewhere for an "economic reserve."