"The storm concerns are easing day by day, refinery crack spreads are also beginning to weaken (citing weakness in NYMEX heating oil and gasoline cracks)."
- A broker at Refco discussing what he thinks is pushing down the crude complex.
-"The strike must come to pass. We have instructed our members to begin gradual shut down of facilities for technical and safety reasons."
-Peter Akpatason, president of the blue-collar union NUPENG discussing the strikes by oil workers in the Niger Delta.
Updated: 09/04/06
"There has not been any sign of a decline in investment interest in Iran. And given the negotiations are good, we have not seen such a trend."
-Iran oil minister Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh shrugged off suggestions Monday, that the crisis over Iran's uranium enrichment program would stifle foreign investment in the oil complex