http://www.almotamar.net صحيفة إلكترونية يومية تصدر عن حزب المؤتمر الشعبي العام (اليمن) http://www.almotamar.net/859.htm 2006-09-16 Oil prices plunged below $63 a barrel Friday after OPEC lowered its oil-demand forecast for the rest of the year. The decline in crude-oil futures came despite thwarted attacks on two oil facilities in Yemen, highlighting a recent shift in energy-market psychology whereby traders are focused on the relatively comfortable balance between supply and demand as opposed to hypothetical supply threats.