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To: Dennis Roth who wrote (183683)	5/9/2014 7:04:50 AM
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Energy Weekly: Tensions in Ukraine Mount And Geopolitical Temperatures Rise 7 May 2014 ¦ 13 pages ir.citi.com ‘Rising geopolitical temperatures’, glooms Commodities* analyst Seth Kleinman,* ‘have helped support oil markets during the seasonal nadir for refinery runs... as global run rates pick-up into Q3, escalating tensions in Ukraine and others can continue to provide support to oil prices through 1) a physical disruption of flows directly reducing crude supply, something seen steadily increasing since 2011, and 2) a hoarding of physical barrels and a run-up in financial net length as investors become increasingly worried about potential future disruptions, as was the case during the Syrian crisis... the stand-off in Ukraine, which further intensified over the weekend following clashes in Odessa and Sloviansk, continues to dominate Brent flat price action... while Iran and Libya, the two big bear risks looming in oil markets, are both showing marginal signs of improvements, several oil producing countries (Nigeria, South Sudan, Iraq) are experiencing deteriorating and/or increasingly violent domestic situations’.