Crude Oil (bbl, base price $80) is extractable crude — the feedstock for chemicals and a core energy-sector input, priced globally.
Market behaviour
Prices blend 75% global supply/demand with 25% regional pressure and drift toward equilibrium at 6% per turn. Shortages compress downstream margins logarithmically; surpluses hand sellers a premium on the same curve.
Because Crude Oil is an extractable resource, per-state output is capped by state resource capacity. The live distribution below shows each country's current capacity alongside supply and demand.
Who supplies it
Sectors that produce Crude Oil as output, with per-revenue supply rates:
- Extraction & Mining — 20% of sector revenue
Who demands it
Sectors that consume Crude Oil as an input, with per-revenue demand rates:
- Chemical Industries — 15% of sector revenue
- Energy — 10% of sector revenue
- Retail — 3% of sector revenue
Live distribution
Per-country totals below are pulled live from the current turn's market snapshot. Countries with positive net are exporters on balance; negative nets are importers.