Crude
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| Initial release | New York |
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| Directors | Joe Berlinger |
| Initial DVD release | February 23, 2010 |
| Producers | Joe Berlinger |
| Michael Bonfiglio | |
| J. R. DeLeon | |
| Richard Stratton | |
| Distributor | First Run Features |
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| ID | 2595919 |
About Crude
In this documentary, director Joe Berlinger looks into a major environmental disaster in the Amazon, which involves the oil industry in Ecuador. While the film explores the human toll of the corporate presence in the heart of the jungle, it also presents the circumstances involved in the massive legal case associated with the complicated situation. Investigating the issue from a variety of perspectives, the movie shows how big business can drastically affect the world. … MORE
Opec oil producers announce surprise cut in output
... The group accounts for about 40% of all the world s Crude oil output...
Shanghai Covid: Oil prices slide after city starts lockdown
... Brent Crude lost more than $3 a barrel on concerns that the move would mean that demand for oil will fall...
Airline giant Delta warns oil increases mean higher ticket prices
... At the start of January, Brent Crude - the international benchmark for oil - was under $80 a barrel, but it recently reached as high as almost $130 as the of oil from the world s biggest exporter, Russia...
Oil price falls below $100 but petrol hits new high
...Motoring groups have called for fuel prices to fall as the cost of Crude oil fell to its lowest level for two weeks...
Petrol price hits new record above £1. 60 a litre
... Oil prices are mainly determined by the price of Crude oil and the dollar exchange rate, as agreements are made in dollars...
War in Ukraine: Warning oil sanctions will further hit UK living costs
... " Surging pump pricesThe price of Brent Crude - the global oil benchmark - has climbed for weeks, hitting a 14-year high of $139 a barrel at one point on Monday...
Ukraine conflict: Oil price soars to highest level
... Brent Crude - the global oil benchmark - spiked to above $139 a barrel, before easing back to below $130...
Metal price rise will make canned food more expensive, says LME chief
... This week, the price of Brent Crude - the global oil benchmark - surged to more than $119 a barrel at one point, the highest since May 2012...
Oil price falls below $100 but petrol hits new high
Motoring groups have called for fuel prices to fall as the cost of Crude Oil fell to its lowest level for Two Weeks .
The Price of Brent Crude - the global benchmark for prices - has fallen below $100 a barrel for the First Time since the start of March.
The RAC has said it is " vital" that fuel retailers start passing on falling wholesale prices to consumers.
Petrol prices hit another record high on Monday, meaning it costs More Than £90 to fill a Family Car , the RAC said.
The average price of a litre of petrol rose to 163. 71p on Monday, and diesel also hit a fresh record of 173. 68p.
Oil prices soared after Russia invaded Ukraine, with The Price of Brent Crude Oil hitting a near 14-year high at one point.
But in The Past few days, The Price of oil has dropped due to A Number of factors, including hopes of progress in ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine, and also expectations that demand from China will ease as Covid cases there surge.
Brent Crude fell to about $98 a barrel on Tuesday.
RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams said that although petrol prices were at record highs, drivers " should be encouraged" by The Fall in oil and wholesale prices.
" It's now vital that the biggest retailers who buy fuel most often start to reflect these reductions at the pumps to give drivers a much-needed break from The Pain of constantly rising prices, " he added.
The AA said that the wholesale price of petrol has plummeted by 12. 8p a litre since Wednesday.
Luke Bosdet from the AA said: " We should be seeing these record prices level off and start to fall away later This Week . If not, MPs who are being deluged by complaints from angry constituents, need to be asking questions in Parliament.
" The government is under intense pressure from the cost of living crisis. They don't need the fuel trade to 'feather' a potential drop in pump prices. "
The Petrol Retailers Association, which represents independent forecourts, said it would expect prices to fall when fresh stock is delivered.
Gordon Balmer, the PRA's Executive Director , said forecourts bought from suppliers based on a price with one or Two Days ' lag, or in some cases a week's lag. This means it can take a few days for wholesale prices to filter through to the pumps.
Source of news: bbc.com
