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In the United States, gasoline consumption declined by 0.4% in 2007, [20] then fell by 0.5% in the first two months of 2008 alone. [21] 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 ...
In July 2008, oil peaked at $147.30 [51] a barrel and a gallon of gasoline was more than $4 across most of the US. The high of 2008 may have been part of broader pattern of spiking instability in the price of oil over the preceding decade. [52] This pattern of instability in oil price may be a product of peak oil.
On March 5, 2008, OPEC accused the United States of economic "mismanagement" that was pushing oil prices to record highs, rebuffing calls to boost output and laying blame at the George W. Bush administration. [28] Oil prices surged above $110 to a new inflation-adjusted record on March 12, 2008, before settling at $109.92. [29]
The price of a barrel of oil reached an all-time trading high of $147.27 on July 11, 2008. ... 2008. Prices had been on the rise for several years, a trend blamed on everything from inflation fears to
Layton is referencing the period when oil prices spiked before the onset of the Global Financial Crisis, rising from $50 per barrel in mid-2006 to $140 per barrel by late 2007 as strong demand ...
It was terrifying -- many thought we hit a point where oil prices could only go up and, in 2008, the CEO of energy giant Gazprom predicted oil would soon hit $250 per barrel.
Late June 2008: Despite the U.S. stock market falling to a 20% drop off its highs, commodity-related stocks soared as oil traded above $140/barrel for the first time and steel prices rose above $1,000 per ton. Worries about inflation combined with strong demand from China encouraged people to invest in commodities during the 2000s commodities boom.
Read CNN’s Fast Facts about oil and gas and learn more about crude oil reserves and production around the world.