Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 284
oil companies
7/7/2015 at 12:04 PM
I trade stocks. The CEOs maximize refining profits to make up for losses on the drilling and exploration side. If they didn't loans would default. Lots of fixed prices go into refining like wages, electricity, transportation, capital costs, etc. The price of oil is one of many factors. In the long run your further ahead if gas prices aren't rock bottom to maintain your rrsps, company pensions and cpp. We live in a country that depends on income taxes from oil jobs as well.