It was manipulated by futures traders. A Future Contract is a
Derivative, and for people to make money, there must be a price
fluctuation. The Zionists did the same thing with the stock market where
they pushed the DOW from 780 in 1978, to 14,000 in 2005. The DOW thing was
a slow process of grabbing Mr. Average American's retirement, and pension
funds.
The oil futures' money came from hedge funds, and the bank's investment
divisions buying derivatives. In it's simplest form, think you brought
your 1,000 gold coins to Merrill Lynch to buy certificates in the Great
Horizons Hedge Fund. The hedge fund then bought Great Southeast Oil, owned
by the Jakob Beirnbaum family. You got a piece of paper (stock
certificate), and the Beirnbaum got your gold coins.
Money doesn't vanish, it just changes hands.