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To: John Carragher who wrote (64365)1/4/2003 10:31:47 PM
From: quehubo  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
One point that should be noted, use of the SPR to allow companies to survive bumps in supply will only reinforce their financial decisions to maintain JIT inventories. Oil was very cheap in Q4 2001, why are these companies not maintaining higher stock piles similar to 5 or 10 years ago?