Brent’s renewed slide below $30 per barrel today has led to another wave of speculation about how much further oil prices could fall. For some time our view has been that the near-term risks are skewed to the downside and that additional declines – perhaps to as low as $20pb – are plausible. However, the crucial point is that oil would be unlikely to remain this cheap for very long.
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