Oil Analysts, Once Shunned, Now Sought for Predictions

A prophet has no honor in his own country, but that is no longer the case with oil analysts, who have received unusual attention in recent months as the price of crude spirals to new highs.

“This all goes in cycles,” said Daniel Yergin, the president of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, an oil consulting firm, and the author of “The Prize,” a history of oil and international politics. “With oil at almost $70, the interest is intense and emotional and
keeps coming from every direction.”
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