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Kiplinger
Kiplinger
Business
Jay R. Young

Oil Prices vs Investor Returns: It's What's Beneath the Surface That Counts

A backhoe flanked by oil rigs digs into the earth at sunset. .

Every day, investors see oil prices splashed across the headlines. "WTI tops $90." "Crude slides on demand fears."

It's easy to assume those numbers tell the whole story about energy investing. But from an oil patch operator's perspective, price is only one variable in a far more complex equation.

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