in neil atkinson to make some sense of oil this year.part of the markets division at the international energy agency. good morning. listening to tracy, talking about shale and the reduction of the iea numbers, is this the biggest challenge for opec? the constant banging and clanging of the frackers in the u.s. >> it is not the only challenge, but it is one of the biggest. the resilience of u.s. shale producers are on their way back up, and would prices fell to $150 per barrel, their resiliency allow them to stay in the game by cutting costs and improving efficiency surprised most people. now that production is rising, we should issue a warning. prices are stuck around $50 a barrel, slightly less for u.s. crude prices. it is not as if the production is roaring ahead. it is growing fairly strongly. there are signs that the rate of growth is beginning to ease back. so, we should not get too excited about it. the other challenge facing opec on the production side is the two countries, which are not part of the agreement, libya and nigeria, w

george, the chair of the department of veterinary sciences, also neil atkinson, a veterinarian at the shandenwood animal clinic. and a doctor of veterinary medicine. our experts say for animals, there's no real danger to their eyes. that's because animals don't normally look directly at the sun. and on monday, they are not going to do it either. >> if they do look at the sun, yes, it would just like our eyes. it could damage their retinas. but the reality is, i don't think the cows will keep on grazing and think wow, it's a cloudy day and you know, not pay that much attention to it. >> yeah, right. they are just going to thing. we can verify. it is safe for your animals to be outside during the eclipse. our experts say the biggest danger to your pets is you. if you freak out, they're going to freak out. >> if you handle change well, you'll be like wow, this is magnificent and really cool. if you don't, you're going to be like the end is near, what am i going to do? again, that anxiety is contagious. they can sense if their person is worked up, they are more likely to be agitated. >> s

brent and wti crude prices this morning a little bit lower to the tune of 0.9% let's get to neil atkinson in paris. are we saying the first signs of backwardation? >> a little bit, because the market is slowly beginning to tighten. markets are feeling confident that prices seemed to have stabilized a after nervous period a month or so ago and markets are tightening >> how quickly will they tighten furth further? that's also a key question opec production is still rising and libyan production is at a one-year high. >> that's one of the great unknowns the libyan production has risen strongly in recent months. by its nature because the political situation in libya, it's possible that production could go back down again as continue to rise in nigeria, there is no clear end in site to the difficulties they've had there. so, yes, you're right. production is rising it could go on rising. we cannot be clear that's one of the great u uncertainties. >> why do you think the increasing signs of backwardation and the rebalancing in the oil market are not reflected in the pricing that you would expect?