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gab13by13

(32,876 posts)
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 07:23 AM 6 hrs ago

Exxon Mobil's Senior VP Confirms What I Have Been Saying, The Market Is Protecting The Price Of Oil

Neil Chapman, Exxon Mobil Executive officer stated to investors, not to reporters, that the futures market has not priced in the damage that has been done to oil. 11 to 12 millions barrels of oil per day have been pulled out of a 100 million barrels a day market. Normally that would cause prices to go through the roof according to Chapman. Countries are releasing their strategic oil reserves to counter that loss, but come the 4th of July the shit will hit the fan according to Chapman - $150-$160 price of Brent crude oil. Strategic oil reserves are at shockingly low levels.

Time for Krasnov to declare that a peace deal is imminent and that Hormuz is about to reopen to give the market some talking points to keep oil prices low.

It fucking makes me laugh, when a Democrat is president and the refineries shut down to switch over their blends of gasoline, prices at the pump jump 40 - 50 cents/gal. Take 11 million gallons of oil a day out of the market for 3 months and according to the Krasnov administration the price of gasoline is about to crater.

The invisible hand of the market is not very invisible.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/exxon-sounds-alarm-on-unheard-of-oil-problem/ar-AA24wcN4?



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Exxon Mobil's Senior VP Confirms What I Have Been Saying, The Market Is Protecting The Price Of Oil (Original Post) gab13by13 6 hrs ago OP
Oil is one the most heavily traded commodities GreatGazoo 4 hrs ago #1
I think you are missing the point. CivicGrief 2 hrs ago #2
The article says nothing like that GreatGazoo 1 hr ago #4
Read between the lines. CivicGrief 3 min ago #5
. dalton99a 1 hr ago #3

GreatGazoo

(4,741 posts)
1. Oil is one the most heavily traded commodities
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 08:37 AM
4 hrs ago

So I am suspicious of Chapman's statements. Yes - Trump has tried to calm and game the markets with lies and Monday morning BS but major professional traders are not relying on his statements. They may react to a more general fact which is that Trump's texts and statements show that he wants to make a deal on Hormuz but they aren't taking his word for it that the Strait is open or closed or anything else.

The Strait aside for a moment, more oil supply becomes available as prices rises. This is because dirtier oil costs more to refine and some sources may cost more to ship due to distance or other logistics but when the price of oil goes above $80 these higher cost sources can operate profitably. Oil hit $100 and this extra supply kicked in and kept it from going any higher.

Futures are priced as high as the market will push them. Countries and pro traders know how much is oil in reserves and what all the potential scenarios are going forward. If Chapman said that continued Hormuz issues are not yet priced in then he is claiming not to understand his own business. Everything is priced in. That's what futures are.

Hormuz is a bottleneck for fertilizers and other commodities which are not as elastic or competitive as oil. That seems like the bigger risk to the world economy.

CivicGrief

(304 posts)
2. I think you are missing the point.
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 11:26 AM
2 hrs ago

Trump asked for a bribe from the oil companies. They gave it to him. Seems like collusion.

GreatGazoo

(4,741 posts)
4. The article says nothing like that
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 12:21 PM
1 hr ago

Article details how Exxon keeps telling pro traders that prices should be even higher. They don't seem to believe him.

Exxon has been beating this drum for weeks. On the company's first-quarter earnings call, its chief executive had already told Wall Street the market hadn't come close to pricing in the full damage
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