I think it is more driven by bearish sentiment to the possibility of an OPEC cut. Regardless, it is all near term market churn and arm waving.
It doesn't change the fundamentals of long term supply / demand.
Global demand grows at 1.2MMbl/d/year.
Global supplies decline by ~5%/year (~4-5MMbbl/d).
The capex required to replace those declines, and to grow production to keep up with increasing demand, is not being deployed.
The building blocks for a nice bull market are in place.
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