As we enter the autumnal season, with a bit of a chill air in the evenings, the price of oil on the markets is edging ever upward.
At the end of August Brent Crude was trading at just under $87 dollars a barrel.
Different analyses render different opinions as to what way the price might go - but with supply being reduced by Opec+ countries one can surmise that the only way is up.
Talk of problems in the Chinese domestic economy leading to lower demands there for oil may come to naught.
Also indications of recessionary trends in the eurozone bloc may not lead to much either - but one cannot rule anything out, or in.
