Famous Quotes & Sayings

After each heat, we're able to quickly turn the barrels up and dump the debris, filling them up and setting them down for the next round,

Some easy money has been made by people in energy stocks but I don't see anything on the horizon that's going to cause oil to go back to $20 a barrel any time soon since there is a global supply/demand imbalance,

Oil prices are high at $30 a barrel. The U.S. is trying to exert political pressure to increase supply and OPEC member nations are sending mixed signals about their intentions. We have a very volatile market here. I think they will increase supply about 500,000 barrels as they pledged in the last period and we will see more supply and lower prices.

Oil, oil, oil, the price of oil fell back below $US60 a barrel after some bearish inventory numbers. That was the catalyst that spurred some buying in the stocks.

Oil, oil, oil, the price of oil fell back below $60 a barrel after some bearish inventory numbers. That was the catalyst that spurred some buying in the stocks.

Oil below $60 a barrel grabbed folks' attention.

Oil at $75 a barrel implies a lot of geopolitical risks and we're probably getting back to something a little more supply-and-demand oriented, which is healthy for the market.

There's a lot of market talk about whether we're going to hit the psychological 65 dollars a barrel mark or even 70 dollars in the near future. I think it will depend on how the geopolitical problems are played out.

A barrel that contains the wine will retain the drop in its staves.

Jules Feiffer

A Barrel of Laughs, a Vale of Tears.

They make oil and they own oil, and the price of oil has gone up. Every barrel of oil they make is worth more.

David Robinson

This acquisition represents an exceptional opportunity for us to increase shareholder value. We are starting with around 40 barrels of output a day, but with considerable potential to boost production.

I totally expect to see $50 a barrel, at least in a spike to that level, at some point in the near future. We've been in an upward trend for several years, and I really don't see any indication of a reversal of that trend. $50 a barrel is a completely rational expectation.

E. B. White

It's not strictly true to say there was only minor damage to refineries. When you sit down you can see about four million barrels per day of refining capacity is down as a result of Rita and Katrina.

They are extracting 500,000 barrels per day, but plan on reaching 2 million barrels in 2008.

This move will not solve the real problem - the oil cannot be refined. Even before the loss of 1.8 million barrels per day of output refineries were struggling to keep up with demand. So increasing the crude supply will not overcome this bottleneck.

There isn't the spare capacity to make up for the missing production in the Gulf of Mexico. OPEC used to have 4 to 5 million barrels of spare capacity. That's down to about 1.5 million barrels a day this year.

You're cleaning a river. You're putting $200, $300, $400 million into cleaning this river. What a win for the community. We're going to have a clean river. But on the banks, 25 feet in, we have these barrel fields and the only intention is to cap it.

Hans Blix

You never get quite down to the bottom of the barrel, but we are much higher than that at the present time. There is quite a lot left in the barrel that could be explained by them. If they have some weapons, if they have some anthrax, they should deliver that.

An explosion in a coal mine has been compared to being in the barrel of a shotgun. It's going to expel outward from where the ignition occurs.

Energy up on a day-to-day basis is a factor. Crude is approaching $70 a barrel and natural gas is up too.

Jim Carter

Each truck carries about 400 tons of material and we get about 200 barrels of oil from that.

Europe has shrugged (high oil prices) off pretty well but I think we will see $70 a barrel and that might be the catalyst for a sell-off.

Five, six years ago, Venezuela was producing 3 million barrels a day. Now, it's closer to 2 million.

Jim Taylor

Folks know Cracker Barrel for comfort foods, the fire place, the rocking chairs and nostalgic candy.

At 70 dollars per barrel governments seem prepared to act.

At $41.29 per proven barrel and $111 per 1,000 barrels a day production, the price more than doubles recent deals. Clearly this is a strategic move.

Cosmetic? You are talking about quotas. But when it comes to production, OPEC responds to the market. We are producing 2 million barrels a day more.

Crude stocks fell by 0.749 million barrels per day, which disappointed some traders who were looking for the SPR releases to have a positive impact on inventories.

Crude stocks are misleading. Yes, they are the highest since 1999 but keep in mind that we are now producing 1 million barrels a day less in the U.S. and refinery runs are up by 1.2 million barrels a day. In that context crude stocks are not high.

Crude stocks are expected to have fallen by 600,000 barrels over the week while distillate stocks are expected to be up by 1.7 million barrels.

Crude oil is staying near $70 a barrel right now. With all of the unrest in the Middle East and the new threats with Iran, all these things just keep gas prices high.

Brian Toner had a great day today. Brian Smith got the barrel through the ball, Minogue got a couple hits, and we needed everyone of them today. It was a hitters day, tough for the pitchers to establish their breaking balls.