Evening Standard | Why Oil Prices Must Go Up 24/7 Wall St. While analyzing the short-term trajectory of oil prices is certainly important, it obscures the fact that over the long-term, oil exploration companies may struggle to bring new sources of supply online. Ed Crooks over at the FT persuasively summarizes ... Wood Group and Dragon Oil cut spending as fears over Iraq and Syria grow Isis threat prompts oil firms to make investment cutbacks |