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Oil Analyst Phil Flynn Discusses Skyrocketing Gas Prices

By Alan Ray / Senior Editor & Morning Anchor,  KPBS Public Broadcasting
Published June 11, 2008 at 7:01 AM PDT
This story was published more than 16 years ago.

The national average for regular self serve gasoline is now above four dollars. Yesterday crude oil prices were above $137 a barrel. But even with the price of crude coming down from time to time the

Oil Analyst Phil Flynn Discusses Skyrocketing Gas Prices

The national average for regular self serve gasoline is now above four dollars. Yesterday crude oil prices were above $137 a barrel. But even with the price of crude coming down from time to time the price of gas and diesel keep going up. The oil markets have gotten so overheated that even Saudi Arabia is talking about an oil summit to find some stability. We're joined on Morning Edition by Phil Flynn , oil trader and analyst with Alaron Trading in Chicago, and an oil consultant with Fox News.

Alan Ray
Alan was with KPBS since 2006. His return to San Diego was a homecoming, of sorts. Alan began his news radio career in San Diego in the 1970s, producing business and financial coverage at KSDO. He went on to work as a news anchor, reporter and talk radio host in both Seattle and San Francisco. Prior to his work at KPBS, Alan most recently spent seven years producing an award-winning morning radio news program in the Bay Area. He’s won regional awards for his work in San Francisco and Seattle, including honors for breaking news coverage of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens and the events of 9/11. Alan is a member of Public Radio News Directors Inc. and the Radio Television News Directors’ Association. Alan’s interests include medicine, the environment, music, politics, scrabble and handball (though not always in that order).
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