‘Memes ka Sailaab’ surfaced on internet after crude oil price dropped to below $0 a barrel

A guy compared crude oil price to Netflix subscription, other said, he will drink oil instead of water to save money

Social media went into a frenzy with memes after crude oil prices went below 0$ on Monday. United States market created history when the best quality of crude oil, West Texas Intermediate fell to “minus” $40.32 a barrel for few minutes. However, the Crude oil price bounced back at $1.450 per barrel after two hours. This became the lowest known crude oil price in the world. Before this crude oil price had fallen below zero immediately after World War II.

People weren’t able to digest the fact.Some of the social media users started comparing it to other things. Some said that a barrel of oil is cheaper than Netflix subscription while some came up with creative and hilarious memes

Here are 10 such memes which will make you wonder, ‘should I also invest in crude oil now’

https://twitter.com/sagarcasm/status/1252476812904390656

Oil is not well. #OilCrash pic.twitter.com/G3QkzLkmqR

— Sand-d Singh (@Sand_In_Deed) April 21, 2020

Netflix subscription is more expensive than a barrel of oil 😂#OilPrice pic.twitter.com/C2ypLVaRwu

— Abdelwahab || 🇦🇷🏆🎖 (@A_bdelwahab) April 20, 2020

https://twitter.com/thor_benson/status/1252300374352056322

me: *wakes up*

phone: pic.twitter.com/H34dOpgX9e

— Akshar Pathak (@AksharPathak) April 21, 2020

US crude oil price falls into negative

Donald Trump : pic.twitter.com/QyFJIuo4yE

— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) April 21, 2020

Things you can now buy for a dollar now…

#OilPrice #OilPrices #crudeoil pic.twitter.com/AEjrs9UxKS

— Wasif Riaz (@wasiffriaz) April 20, 2020

#OilPrices #OilCrash
News: Crude Oil Prices fall below 0..
New prices are -37.63$..

Me to petrol pump attendant after filling my car's petrol tank… pic.twitter.com/m5UJBhufxM

— Tweet_Baazz (@itweetbazz) April 21, 2020

#crudeoil
Then Now pic.twitter.com/mLtwaTTqS4

— Yash (@whoyashgorani) April 20, 2020

Ordered crude oil worth Rs 100 as future investment. #OilCrash pic.twitter.com/ozhKe4oCjK

— Krishna (@Atheist_Krishna) April 21, 2020

In the wake of coronavirus lockdown, the demand for oil has been at an all-time low. Almost half of the population around the world is under lockdown which has caused drastic fall in the consumption of vehicle-fuel.

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Oil producers around the world have continued to pump oil because stopping the production can put them on backfoot. If they stop production now and restart it later, it will cost them more than giving the crude oil at a low price. They also might lose their buyer as the buyer will start buying from someone else if a company stops producing crude oil. The extra availability of oil has caused a fire-sale among traders who don’t have access to storage.

The oil production war between Russia and Saudi Arabia is also credited for the downfall of the crude oil price in the international market. Both the countries didn’t stop pumping oil even though the demand went very low. Now, both countries have agreed to cut down their oil production.

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