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Middle East oil supply shocks and the risk premium

In this Energy Watch, we look at how geopolitical tensions in the Middle East have historically affected the risk premium in the oil price and what could happen to this premium in the future. We conclude that the world is entering a ‘new normal’, with a structurally lower risk premium.

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