Most energy outlook for 2014 forecast crude oil prices to be slightly above $100 per barrel. With two months of the year gone, there are emerging hotspots that could drive crude oil prices further up to $150 per barrel or even beyond. Notwithstanding the surging shale oil boom in the United States,
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