Alexander Smith: Crude Oil Is Spiking - Are You Positioned?

The domestic oil and gas sector has been under intense pressure to discover new resources and increase supply. A renewed emphasis on domestic, on-shore drilling has revitalized the industry from coast to coast in North America. To add to the pressure, demand from developing nations will soon exceed even the wildest predictions of only a few years ago. China, India and Brazil will be three of the largest emerging economies set to impact the global supply of oil.


China has overtaken the United States as the largest automaker in the world. There are millions of Chinese buying their first car every year and this trend will only increase. China has emerged as the world's third largest net importer of oil. Just 15 years ago it was a net exporter. It is currently the second largest consumer of oil behind the United States.


In August, China consumed an estimated 35.54 million metric tons of oil, or an average of 8.40 million barrels per day. This pales in comparison to the United States which consumes over 20 million barrels per day, but a dangerous trend is emerging. See the chart below which documents a net increase of 3,328% of oil consumption in China over the past 40 years. With China's middle class emerging at a faster rate than ever before, the next decade could be unforgettable for the oil markets. Are you positioned?


Although renewable energy sources have been making up some ground recently, there are thousands of applications oil is used for and many of them have no substitute. We are many years away from renewable energies taking hold of even a small percentage of the market share (from primary sources of fossil fuel demand).......Read the entire article.



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