Judging by his trading career and the quality of the trading substance in his posts Mav's experience in the energy markets far outweighs yours. Mav started out in this thread sincerely trying to offer you a deeper dive into the fundamental drivers behind WTI - unfortunately things got petty and snarky in a hurry. Mav has been trading the Crude Oil forward curve for a very long time - for at least the 15 or so years that I've known him. There's a lot to these markets, and having a constructive civil dialogue would only help your own personal growth. IMHO you are not going to learn the fundamental drivers behind the US Crude Oil market using Google. Speaking for myself - I have Commercial and Spec experience in the OTC bilateral and financially cleared energy markets.