Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Dear Peak Oilers: What the Heck Does This Futures Curve Mean?

Following up on this morning's "Schork on Peak Oil, The Mob and Monty Python".

From the CME

Dec 2013  94.10
Dec 2014  91.39
Dec 2015  86.58
Dec 2016  83.62
Dec 2017  81.90

It looks like four months of mild contango followed by years of some pretty steep backwardation.
Got that? You can contract today to buy CME WTI at under 82 bucks four years from now.