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The 1980s oil glut was a significant surplus of crude oil caused by falling demand following the 1970s energy crisis.The world price of oil had peaked in 1980 at over US$35 per barrel (equivalent to $134 per barrel in 2024 dollars, when adjusted for inflation); it fell in 1986 from $27 to below $10 ($77 to $29 in 2024 dollars).
On January 6, 2016, the price of WTI crude hit another eleven-year low, as it dropped to 32.53 a barrel for the first time since 2009. [85] On January 12, in its seventh losing day, crude oil dropped below $30 for the first time since December 2003, ending the day at $30.44, as gas fell below $1.97. [86]
A combination of factors led a plunge in U.S. oil import requirements and a record high volume of worldwide oil inventories in storage, and a collapse in oil prices that continues into 2016. [77] [78] Between June 2014 and January 2015, according to the World Bank, the collapse in the price of oil was the third largest since 1986. [29]
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(The Center Square) – Prices in the capital city of North Carolina are down modestly for a gallon of milk, eggs and gas since a new administration arrived at the White House. On the Presidents ...
Record-setting oil prices in the first half of 2008 and economic weakness in the second half of the year prompted a 1.2 Mbbl (190,000 m 3)/day contraction in US consumption of petroleum products, representing 5.8% of total US consumption, the largest annual decline since 1980 at the climax of the 1979 energy crisis. [22]
After a steady decline since June, gas prices reversed course last week.