Questions linger over dropping oil prices

Jeff Horwich Sep 18, 2012

Mid-day yesterday oil prices dropped three dollars in about a minute — and they have kept falling ever since.

Was this a computer error — or someone’s “fat finger” on the button, as they say. Or is oil falling for a reason?

Samuel Chishook is a consultant with KCB Energy Economics in London.

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