AdvertisementWith Turmoil Roiling Abroad, Why Aren't Oil Prices Bubbling Up?September 15, 2014John YdstiefacebookEmailA soldier guards a pipe en route to the Kawergosk Refinery near Irbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, in July. Fighting in northern Iraq forced the closure of the country's largest oil refinery, Baiji, and cut production from the Kirkuk oil field this summer. (AFP/Getty Images)