Did I not hear that some of those high numbers either have to do with corruption or over-reliance of public services on socialized oil industry profits?
Last time this came up someone was trying to make the argument that the reason some countries need 50% higher oil prices has less to do with the costs of extracting and shipping the oil and more to do with the cost of doing business in that country.
If so, you may see some pressure to change the equation, for better or worse.
