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IHS Markit says outlook for crude oil prices strengthens through 2021

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Phase II of the recovery (the “just-in-time oil market” phase) is a delicate transition phase in which surplus inventories are worked down in parallel with rising supply as spare supply capacity returns from Vienna Alliance and North American producers. —Roger Diwan, vice president financial services, IHS Markit.

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IHS Markit: global commercial vehicle production to drop 22% in 2020 in wake of COVID-19

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IHS Markit is forecasting that global commercial vehicle production (GVW 4-8) volumes in 2020 compared to 2019 will be down 22% (more than 650,000 units) to 2.6 Most commercial vehicle factories in mainland China have returned to production. The local industry is already recovering, with commercial vehicle plants re-opened.

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Is A Second OPEC Cut In The Cards?

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OPEC’s coordinated effort to curtail global supply has so far managed to put a floor under oil prices, which have been sitting modestly above US$50 since the deal was announced at the end of November last year. Analysts and experts are now mostly predicting that oil prices will remain below US$60 this year.

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EIA projects world liquid fuels use to rise 38% by 2040, driven by growth in Asia and Middle East; transportation 92% of demand

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oil shale), and refinery gain. World markets for petroleum and other liquid fuels have entered a period of dynamic change in both supply and demand, the EIA noted, leading to its reassessment of its outlook for long-term global liquid fuels markets in IEO2014. Non-OPEC crude and lease condensate production increases by 10 MMbbl/d.

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American Fuel Consumption Goes Down, Prices Do Not

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The Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that Americans were burning through a million fewer barrels of oil last week than they were the week before. What isn’t dropping is oil prices and that seems to be making all the difference. The IEA also faulted production cuts stemming from Russia and Saudi Arabia.

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