Phil Flynn Spare Quotations

With less than 2.0 million barrels of spare production capacity, even with higher-than-average supply of oil, the margin of error in the world oil market has never been thinner. And with worries about possible supply disruptions in Iran, Nigeria and Venezuela and another hurricane season ahead of us, traders are betting that it's likely something is going to go wrong.

It doesn't matter what moves OPEC makes as long as demand is growing like this, ... There will come a point when no matter how much those countries produce, there won't be extra ... and they lack the spare capacity as it is.