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IEA’s oil market outlook still too bullish

The IEA’s latest assessment that the “tide of remorseless tightening in the oil market” appears to have turned is surely right. Indeed, this has already been reflected in the levelling out of crude prices since early March. However, the IEA’s views on the prospects for demand still look too bullish. We are also less concerned than most about the potential impact of sanctions on Iran.

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