Oil-demand curve’s flattening adds to pressure on OPEC

When leaders of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries met in Vienna on June 5, they hardly lacked reasons to worry, large among which is unusually intense strife among key members. But they also faced ramifications of shrinkage over the past decade in expected need for their oil.
June 5, 2015

When leaders of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries met in Vienna on June 5, they hardly lacked reasons to worry, large among which is unusually intense strife among key members. But they also faced ramifications of shrinkage over the past decade in expected need for their oil.

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Bob Tippee

Bob Tippee

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Bob Tippee has been chief editor of Oil & Gas Journal since January 1999 and a member of the Journal staff since October 1977. Before joining the magazine, he worked as a reporter at the Tulsa World and served for four years as an officer in the US Air Force. A native of St. Louis, he holds a degree in journalism from the University of Tulsa.

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