ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

ECONOMICS

DEMAND

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
If America decided to ban the import of oil from Saudi Arabia and Iran, the price of oil would:
A
rise.
B
decrease.
C
not change.
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Iran is believed to have stored around 25 million barrels of oil, but that amount is not enough to flood the market and drive a steep decrease in prices. If the sanctions are lifted, production will slowly ramp up to pre-sanction levels, which by itself still will not cause a significant change in the market.

Detailed explanation-2: -Its members meet regularly to coordinate how much crude oil to sell collectively on global markets. “OPEC+ tailors supply and demand to balance the market, ” Kate Dourian of UK industry body the Energy Institute told the BBC. “They keep prices high by lowering supplies when the demand for oil slumps."

Detailed explanation-3: -Historically, crude oil prices have seen increases in times when OPEC production targets are reduced.

Detailed explanation-4: -U.S. crude oil imports per day from Saudi Arabia 2000-2021 The United States imported roughly 356, 000 barrels of crude oil per day from Saudi Arabia in 2021.

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