2005 oil outlook: Is this the year when demand outstrips supply?

Matthew R. Simmons, Chairman and CEO, Simmons & Company International, Houston
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What this myriad of stories actually represents is part of a far bigger mosaic for what is emerging in global oil markets as 2005 gets underway. It appears that we are entering a new oil era that could bear little resemblance to the behavior of past oil markets.