[mad_as_he$$]

Doom porn. It is illogical that the price of crude will skyrocket because there is a production shortage of diesel.

[Alberta's Child]

It is illogical that the price of crude will skyrocket because there is a production shortage of diesel.

Exactly. If there is a constraint on refining capacity for fuel, this would be seen as a rise in FUEL prices (due to the shortage) and a decline in OIL prices (due to the glut of oil that can't be refined).

[C210N]

Doom porn.

Could oil prices skyrocket to $200 a barrel … or more?

Sure it "could" rise to $200. Sure it "could" rise to even more.

It "could" also go down to $0. It "could" go to -$200, where I'm paid to take a barrel. Or even lower than -$200, to take a barrel.

Not likely from a statistical perspective, but the enemedia couldn't care less when writing an article of doom (AOD).