Interview with Amy Jaffe

From NPR's 'Here and Now' with Robin Young on Monday, Feb. 27th, 2006.

Amy Jaffe, a fellow in energy studies at Rice University in Houston, Texas.

station synopsis: Oil prices have slightly stabilized slightly after last week's attacks on Saudi Arabia and Nigeria's oil production companies drove prices to over $60 a barrel.

Last Friday, in the first attack on Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure, two cars laden with explosives were detonated before they were able to reach the kingdom's largest oil facility.

In Nigeria, production was was cut by nearly a fifth after militants kidnapped nine foreign oil workers, set pipelines on fire, and disrupted a major export terminal in the latest series of clashes between the Nigerian central government and local ethnic groups.

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http://www.here-now.org/shows/2006/02/20060227_9.asp

This segment lists as 22m59s, but is only 8 minutes long. Jaffe presents a very balanced view of the current situation.