I understood that world production is around 83 mn barrels per day, and current consumption is around 82 mn barrels per day. China uses around 6 mn barrels per day for it's 1.3 bn inhabitants, and the US uses around 21 mn barrels for it's under 300 mn inhabitants.
Things are not going to improve in a long time. As other parts of the world start getting up to speed economically, pressure continues to build.
Any next large conflict will certainly be interesting.
Before the new millennium, the saudis and iranians were coming closer. After the events in the region, it could seem like ideology differ strongly between saudis and iranians again. But the tilted reactions in the aftermath around parts of the world, has brought ethnicity to the front line - in my opinion it has helped unite the region in some way.
At least a test of the imaginary US$ 80 ATH adjusted to inflation from the seventies oil-crisis seems fair.