Oil prices have collapsed over the last several months, and some analysts say they could go even lower. What's behind the plunge in oil prices? A variety of factors have coalesced into a perfect storm driving oil prices lower and lower: US prices have fallen 25 percent to around $80 a barrel in the past five months - a large drop, given that prices had been floating around $115 dollars a barrel from 2011 onward.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (2nd L) visits a refinery of Russian oil giant Rosneft in the Black Sea port of Tuapse in southern Russia, on Oct. 11, 2013, with Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin (L) attending.
