We and two hundred on the shoulder

The New York Production and Smart Exchange concludes contracts for the purchase of oil at a price of $ 200 for a barrel at the end of the year. According to Bloomberg, traders make such rates based on the latest information about the upcoming shortage of oil in connection with the rapid depletion of large deposits in the Persian Gulf countries and in the Gulf of Mexico.

So, the third largest oil field in the world - Cantarel off the coast of Mexico - has recently recorded a drop in production at 40 percent.

At the same time, according to the international energy agency, the daily oil consumption in the world this year will increase to 87.8 million barrels. This is 2.1 million barrels more than in 2007.

These data gave the foundation to a number of oil trading companies to conclude about the release of the price of a barrel of oil by December of this year at the level of $ 200.

The agency also notes that the new record rates were made after the number of transactions for the purchase of oil exceeded ten times the growth of the past two months, and reached a record indicator of 5533 of the contract. In the early days of the New Year, oil prices in New York reached a record 100.09 dollars per barrel.

In addition, the dynamics of oil futures is now affecting the unstable situation in Nigeria, which is the eighth of the world's largest oil producer. The current jump in oil prices was caused by the last turn of the violence in Nigeria, where a group of armed men captured Port Harcort on Tuesday - the country's oil industry center, arranging attacks on two police sites and the central hotel of the city.

At the same time, analysts note that in the United States consuming a quarter of global oil production, prices are reduced along with a slowdown in the growth rate of the entire American economy, and, therefore, oil is unlikely to reach $ 200.

In the early days of 2008, oil prices in New York reached a record 100.09 dollars per barrel.