RE:Sumo's view re supply, demand and 2015 oil prices" Remember that twice in the last five years they have ‘helped’ the market out by producing flat out at $125 oil, first during the Libyan civil war and then when sanctions against Iran came in." Some would call that helping themselves while they help others but regardless, there is nothing wrong with that. What puzzles and bothers me is that when dealing with an irreplaceable natural resource, why sell it at any tie for any less than you can get for it; because when it's gone .... IT'S GONE! When the Saudi oil is gone, the Saudi Royals will still be very wealthy and their citizens will be dirt poor.