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Re:U.S. Oil Output Tops 12M Barrels a Day for First Time by z2 on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @11:09AM (#20335865)
The market capitalization of the large oil companies have also been very closely correlated with oil prices, so cheap oil could in fact hurt their margins rather than help shareholders.
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Re:U.S. Oil Output Tops 12M Barrels a Day for First Time by conanbatt on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @11:31AM (#20336083)
As logical as thinking that capping the velocity of cars only harms car companies. It's just not economic thinking.
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