factors that influence the demand for oil?
91760
money. there are already alternate things we could use in place of oil. but corporations want to suck every penny out before we start using different pollutions.
330706
Optimum is relative.  Current production is probably sort of close to optimal for the OPEC countries in terms of profits.  It's not optimal in terms of social welfare or price.\n\nIt can probably go up to a few hundred dollars a barrel before people finally get the idea that it might be a good idea to start looking at alternative sources of energy.  The problem is that there are millions of cars out there that run on gas, and it's impossible to get them to switch to, say, hydrogen power overnight.  So, the demand is going to increase over time.
236826
High Supply, Low demand = Lower Price\n\nLow Supply and High demand = High Price\n\nSimple economics.  Our gas prices work this way too.. Very few refineries to refine gas, which causes lower supplies.
171324
Every person uses resources.  In the US we use more than anyone else per person.  Adding people to the planet adds stress on the resources of the planet. The number of people and how much each uses creates conflict because finally there are limited resources. \n\nCurrently energy seems to be the resource that is in most demand.  Since a lot of it comes from oil, we fight wars over oil.  It is not pretty.  China has a huge population and is now starting to increase its use of energy.  It is still way below what each of us in the US uses.  As they "need" more their population, which is more stable than ours will increase their demand for oil.\n\nPoliticians who encourage us to use less are ridiculed and treated as freaks.  Jerry Brown in California was called Govenor Moonbeam because he wanted each person to only use what was needed.
900566
Hey, how is it going? I'm not an specialist in oil research, but I had to do a report on the increment of city revenues - the main source it's a oil refinery.\nThere are two good websites: World Energy Outlook and the Energy Information Administration (EIA).\nThe reports on the EIA are much more comprehensive and have projections until 2030. There's also access to previous reports.\nI hope that information will help you!
1030351
there should be a column of coefficients. estimated demand is equal to sum of products of those coefficients and corresponding variables, plus the constant.\n\nI.e. demand = constant +var1*coef1+var2*coef2+...
299928
size of the demand - extremely important\nprice sensitivity - moderate\nintensity of the demand - moderate\nease of satisfaction - strongly important\nincome - extremely important\nsocial status - moderate
379420
Mostly because of taxation. Because they have different values and mentality in these countries but it can also be affected by availability of oil in the area.
839113
rate of change of demand or supply
881664
Yes. Consider "oil supply" or "Oil reserves" if appropriate.\n\ncc
857360
try: "The reason is that the country is very concerned about the impact of oil prices on its status as a gas exporter."
449895
The simple economic principle of "Supply and Demand". This states that you charge more if it is a more wanted item. If there is a demand of it and a small supply then it is very valuable (like iPods and such) the people will charge you what ever they want because they know you need it. But if there is less demand and doesnt matter how much supply the producers will charge less as a means of selling their item (ie the sales been at store, nobody wants it so they sell it for cheap).\n\nRight now the war is slowing down how much oil can be exported which is making the supply drop. Not to mention that the oil compnies need to turn the crude oil into gasoline which cost money as well.
784506
Supply side:  \nProduction capacity expansion (especially the Chinese, who make up about 90% of marginal capacity)\nOther capacity expansion (e.g. Brazil). \nM&A activity (e.g. Mittal-Arcelor, Tata)\n\nDemand side:\nConstruction demand (largely infrastructure)\nAutomobile demand \nGeneral industrial demand (i.e. steel demand has fairly broad base after construction and autos). \n\nInputs: \nIron ore prices\nEnergy prices\nCoaking coal prices\nDry-bulk shipping rates (see Baltic Dry Index)\n\nPolitical:\nTarrifs\nQuotas (rumblings over Chinese dumping)\nSubsidies \nTaxes\nPollution/carbon emission controls\n\nGeographic:\nLabor pool situation\nWeather, war, localized disruptions
814383
demand.\n\nok, the price that can be set for a product and the amont of profit that can be made is automatically set by the relationship between how many people want it and how much there is of the product. if demand is high and the suply is low the price will rise and if demand is low and the suply is high the price will fall. stablity is achived when the two are balanced.
298246
There are only two. One is that oil is a very concentrated form of energy. Having cars run on gas is far more feasible than powering them by, say, burning wood. You just don't get enough of a return on the use of that type of energy. Second is that it is relatively easy to access, at least thus far. One of the things that will happen as oil becomes more scarce is that we will have to try to drill for oil that is in much less accessible places, such as the north sea, or in much deeper deposits. There used to be a third advantage - that it seemed plentiful, if not inexhaustible. This advantage has been proven to be a myth.
321872
demand and supply..\n\nthe number of shares outstanding that is the float is also a criteria..
461246
the basic economic factors that influence any industry (which is what plays into the location of plants and how the economy is doing in that area) plus the cost of things related to manufacturing paper--i.e. the cost of raw goods such as trees.  there are also transportation costs associated with getting the raw materials to the plant (presuming they don't make the paper right where they chop down trees)...which means they're probably affected by gas prices (which influence all transportation)...that's really all I can think of for now.