{"id":53136,"date":"2023-12-22T11:47:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T16:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=53136"},"modified":"2023-12-22T11:47:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T16:47:21","slug":"this-could-be-interesting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=53136","title":{"rendered":"This Could Be Interesting"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the things that allows Russia to continue its war against Ukraine is the high price of oil. The sale of Russian oil finances that war. When America was energy independent, the price of oil was lower, and the Russian economy was struggling. Since the Biden administration declared war on American oil, the price of oil internationally has skyrocketed. That has been bad news for consumers, but good news may be on the way.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Zero Hedge<\/a> reported the following:<\/p>\n

Confirming a move which had been widely expected after the internal acrimony at the last OPEC+ meeting, moments ago Angola – also known as China’s gas station in Africa – announced it was leaving OPEC, the country’s news agency ANGOP\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0on Thursday, quoting the African producer\u2019s oil minister Diamantino de Azevedo.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The decision was taken at a meeting of the Council of Ministers, led by the President of the Republic, Jo\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o, the news agency noted. Jornal de Angola also\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0the news.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As\u00a0OilPrice notes<\/a>, Angola and another African OPEC member, Nigeria, had a spat with the other cartel members before the latest meeting regarding their oil production quotas.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The chart below shows the impact of announcement on oil prices:<\/p>\n

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This could be good news for consumers. It also might result in peace negotiations in Ukraine if the trend continues.<\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

However, it seems now that Angola doesn\u2019t see an OPEC membership as beneficial anymore after the recent spats over its production quota. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Angola, which\u00a0joined OPEC in 2007<\/a>, holds untapped oil and gas resources estimated at\u00a09 billion barrels<\/a>\u00a0of proven crude oil reserves and 11 trillion cubic feet of proven natural gas reserves. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The news sent oil, which had caught a bid in recent days on fears about a protracted Red Sea blockage, sharply lower and back to Tuesday levels.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stay tuned. This could change rapidly depending on the freedom of transport in the Red Sea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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