The Arabs are feeling the squeeze, Kuwait's GDP is 94% oil revenues.
I hope to live long enough to see these oil rich nations go bankrupt and wipe that smug smile of their Bedouin faces.
Yeah, OPEC had the great idea of lowering the price until shale-oil is no longer profitable and that will drive the Americans and the Canadians out of the market.
One problem is that the Americans have gotten so efficient, so fast with shale-oil extraction that the profit point is $40/bbl. The Kuwaitis have the most efficient and profitable oil extraction machine in the Gulf and their profit point is $54/bbl.
Ooops. Unless OPEC is going to drop it to $30/bbl and HEMORRHAGE money over time hoping to drive North America out of the market (which could take years), they can't pull this off. That said, they also have statisticians, so they may be in for the long haul, which means that $1.29/gallon gas is on the horizon!