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Who sets world oil prices?

Updated: 4/28/2022
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Oil prices are not set by anyone in particular. Oil is traded on a wholesale market in big batches. People who wish to buy oil place bids on oil and are basically competing against one another by outbidding each other. Sellers try to beat their competition by selling for less. From that process, the world price emerges, and it changes every minute.

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