To a month and a half of the establishment of its last record, petroleum continues climbing in its bullish race. Today the price of barrel Texas the petroleum, of reference in the United States, reached US$ 100.1, whereas the European variant, the Brent, caressed its maximum of US$ 98.5, being placed in the US$98. Today it has been Mercantile a very difficult day in stock-market of New York, the excessive demand of petroleum on the delivery for March seemed not to take brings back to consciousness of the financial situation that crosses of the American market, nor of the deceleration anticipated of the power consumption during the second trimester of the year. And it is that the

interests that guide the behavior of the agents who operate with the crude one are not related to the consumption but to the speculation and the fear to high prices much more attributed to the ghost with scissors form that crosses the specialized press. The declarations of the president of OPEC were quite discouraging on the matter, discarding of entrance the possibility of an increase of the supply and not closing the doors to a possible reduction. The 5 of March are the date anticipated for the next meeting of the group that it controls near 40% of the global supply of petroleum. Until then, we do not wait for stability on the part of the prices. Sensible markets along with levels of prices dangerously lifted are not one healthy combination. The recession dangers advance and above to OPEC it seems not to concern a possible fall to him of the demand. The political interests are made strong more and more. The block that until a time ago seemed united in search of a communal property, today becomes a bipolar association of opposed interests. The negotiations become harder, the most evident conflicts and the consensuses seem thing of the past.