The mean expectations right now are at $31.50 per barrel.
The government's economic plans assume that oil will average $20 per barrel in 2002.
But the problem with them was that they had only one shot per barrel.
The budget is based on an oil price of $80 per barrel.
And both companies see their costs dropping below $10 per barrel within three to four years.
The average price per barrel fell to $16.85, from $18.46.
Remember, just a short time ago, oil was under $50 per barrel.
That's why the price of oil shot up to $38 per barrel in March before the war.
The oil price per barrel is now at its lowest level ever.
The article claimed that the cost of the process was $15 per barrel.