Contango plays out on the NYMEX | Podcast | Oil

Jeff Mower, editor-in-chief of Platts Oilgram Price Report, discusses the decision by OPEC to cut production by over 2 million barrels per day. Benchmark crude prices have since fallen and Mower addresses why a stock build at Cushing, Oklahoma, is important for a global benchmark.

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Created: December 31, 2008

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