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Bastard Tetris
Apr 27, 2005

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You guys realize that Saudi Aramco can produce a barrel of oil for like 8 dollars and can keep production up until the planet kills us, right?

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Bastard Tetris
Apr 27, 2005

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drilldo squirt posted:

Can you explain why?

Yeah, they have an absolute fuckton of oil that's extremely easy to access and are a state-owned oil company.

Bastard Tetris
Apr 27, 2005

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Ardennes posted:

Latest estimates is that the Saudi state itself needs Brent at $100-110 to break even, Aramco can pump the very cheaply but their entire country is based around the assumption of far more enormous profits. The Saudis have money stashed away to pay for their expenses for a while, but there is growing worry they are burning through them too quickly and building too much debt.

As for the US and the Saudis, every toxic relationship has a reason for existing in the first place. The question is how much you apply that logic to other toxic relationships.

Agreed. Their cost of production is dirt cheap but their expenses are insane.

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