[DeTomaso] Kinda' NPC: Why does oil cost so much?

Fri Jun 1 22:36:59 EDT 2012

Yeah and I didn't have to use an apple product to commute to work 5-6 days a 
week for 50 years.

jerry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gray Gregory" <rgg at gregorycook.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 8:57 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Kinda' NPC: Why does oil cost so much?

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gray Gregory
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 8:40 PM
> To: 'cengles at cox.net'
> Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Kinda' NPC: Why does oil cost so much?
>
> Yeah their "token" profit is about 60% where Exxon's "evil greedy" profit 
> is about 10% and they take a lot more risk too...
>
> Gray
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cengles at cox.net [mailto:cengles at cox.net]
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 10:50 AM
> To: Gray Gregory
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Kinda' NPC: Why does oil cost so much?
>
> Dear Gray,
>
>
>          It is because Apple and Tech companies are "nice" and "improve 
> our lives" selflessly with only a token profit to cover their 
> expense.......or so popular misconception goes.  But you knew that!
>
>
>                    Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Gray Gregory wrote:
>
>> Charlie,
>>
>> Oil company profit margins have remained fairly stable at about + or +
>> 10%. Don't fall victim to the media hype that only report the actual
>> dollars of profit. I'll never understand why we applaud company's like
>> apple when they make huge profits but when it's an oil company it's
>> somehow a bad thing?
>> Gray
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
>> [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On Behalf Of Charles McCall
>> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 3:14 AM
>> To: shawkins777 at comcast.net
>> Cc: Pantera List
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Kinda' NPC: Why does oil cost so much?
>>
>> I've read other reports and heard that production costs continue to
>> climb, which justifies the high cost of gas, but I don't remember the
>> last year that Big Oil not only didn't lose money, but didn't have
>> gazillion dollar, record profits.
>>
>> If price at the pump in the US was only in direct relation to the cost
>> of production, profits would remain stable.  They don't, which means
>> that this isn't the only reason for higher gas prices...
>>
>> On 6/1/12, shawkins777 at comcast.net <shawkins777 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I would disagree, the market should set the price, if it cost more
>>> than you want then don't buy it just like anything else.  But most
>>> don't want to do that because it may be an inconvenience, let the
>>> high price create the incentive for inovation of other forms of
>>> energy, not the government because then they will try and use it to
>>> control you.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>
>>>
>>> From: "michael at michaelshortt.com" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
>>> To: "Kirby Schrader" <kirby.schrader at gmail.com>
>>> Cc: "Pantera List" <detomaso at realbig.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 2:23:48 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Kinda' NPC: Why does oil cost so much?
>>>
>>> I agree with you in principle. I have always been fascinated with the
>>> refining process and wondered how Gas could be sold cheaper than a
>>> gallon of milk as it was for over 100 years.
>>>
>>> The real problem is that it is treated as a commodity, bought and
>>> sold on paper, in futures, etc.
>>>
>>> The price of 1 gal of regular in 2002 was approx 1.35 Even as your
>>> own chart shows, the 2002-2004 cost per barrel was anywhere from
>>> 20-30.00
>>>
>>> yet, in 2009, when the price fell sharply, the retail price to
>>> consumers did not follow back down to the corresponding retail levels
>>> of around 1.50 per gallon.
>>>
>>> In my book, that's gouging, plain and simple.
>>>
>>> I eggs were a quarter and an egg sandwich cost a 1.00, I understand
>>> that, if the price of an egg rises to .50, I could see the sandwich
>>> costing 1.30, but when the eggs drops back drop to a ,25 and you're
>>> still charging 1.30, you're gouging your customer.
>>>
>>> I eschew Socialism, Communism, Marxism, etc., but if ever there was a
>>> product that needed to have a world council set a price point on the
>>> wholesale and retail level, gas has to be at the top of the list.
>>>
>>> Set a cost for the product at every level and leave it alone, keep it
>>> away from spectulators and wall street.
>>>
>>> So much of the hoopla and price fluctuations seemed to be based on
>>> politics and not the cost of actually finding it, drilling, getting
>>> it out and processed.
>>>
>>> Meanwhile, the worldwide "working man" is held hostage.
>>>
>>>
>>> Michael Shortt
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Kirby Schrader
>>> <kirby.schrader at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Needless to say... I wondered whether I should really do this or
>>>> not, but I'm throwing caution to the wind.
>>>>
>>>> I work in the oil industry. I have since 1974. I spent most of the
>>>> time overseas.
>>>>
>>>> Many times, the price of gasoline and why it costs so much comes up
>>>> on the list.
>>>> When offshore drilling rigs cost $1,000,000 a day to run and when
>>>> the easy to get oil is long gone and it's tough to find new
>>>> reserves, it's easy for the people working in the industry to
>>>> understand why.
>>>>
>>>> But there are other reasons.... Politics, too! Would you believe it?
>>>>
>>>> I feel this article sums up the current scenario very well from an
>>>> investor point of view.
>>>> You don't have to know anything about the oil business to
>>>> understand.
>>>>
>>>> Thought some of you might appreciate it. Some won't.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.caseyresearch.com/cdd/big-oils-cost-revenue-tightrope
>>>>
>>>> Now, I will run quickly back into my hole....
>>>>
>>>> FWIW,
>>>> Kirby
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