The Economist | Big Oil should prepare for the lash of market forces The Economist A MOOD of excitement has gripped the oil industry since OPEC, a cartel of producers, resorted last month to its old trick of rigging the market to shore up prices. After two years of crisis, firms at last scent an end to cheap oil. Bankers are again ... Oil Traders May Abandon Ship After OPEC Cuts Profits at Sea Oil futures settle at lowest level in a week OPEC Deal Raises Hopes But Not Valuations for Troubled Oil Producers |