Saudi Arabia - joining the dots

A series of blog entries exploring Saudi Arabia's role in the oil markets with a brief look at the history of the royal family and politics that dictate and influence the Kingdom's oil policy

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Saturday, 24 March 2018

The oil market is recovering

Oil inventories have been worked down and beginning to return to historical normalised levels, driven by a mix of robust demand growth on the one hand and concerted efforts by OPEC plus friends to cap production on the other. While 12-18 months ago heightened geopolitical tensions and operational outages barely moved oil prices, such events are now needle moving news. The outage of Forties at the end of last year and intermittent headline grabbing...