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Political Oil Prices - A Measured Response if Any / William C. Ramsay. IFRI Edito Energie, mai 2011http://www.ifri.org/?page=detail-contribution&#38;id=6583Oil prices are becoming an increasingly worrisome factor in today’s  economies.  They have risen dramatically over the past 6 or 7 months and  are now driving inflation in many economies and acting as a drag on  nearly all.  They are not at these levels because markets are  fundamentally out of balance.  There are still nearly four million  barrels per day of surplus capacity available in the Middle East, albeit  markets have tightened noticeably since last autumn.  Producers have  expressed concerns about these high prices and have offered incremental  volumes of crude to their buyers...