Their base of operations is Latin-America, one of the world's more prolific crude oil producing areas. Due to their sensitive professional affiliations, they elect to remain anonymous.
Oil is the primary energy source of our civilization.
And for the first time in recent history, we are faced with a lack of capacity to produce what is currently needed for consumption and to finance future economical growth and prosperity. It was only a question of time before the tides changed. Today, the discipline will be even better because despite OPEC being honorable men, very few of them have the capacity to cheat. This is in addition of replacing lost production capacity due to normal field declination. Alaska, Norway and many other big fields around the world will be in frank declination in the next couple of years.