Whether or not that happens — and frankly, it's an extreme example of the worst - case scenario for US shale producers — a glut
of global oil inventories is already weighing on oil prices.
The global oil supply glut hasn't eased as fast as we thought it would, but we expect to see a reduction
in global oil inventories — and a rebalancing of supply and demand — in the second half of the year.
Until a month or two ago, the market was weary of OPEC's continuous jawboning and calls for patience while waiting to see markedly
reduced global oil inventories.
Although the oil market has been improving, OPEC still has work to do to
bring global oil inventories back to their five - year average — the metric that OPEC has vowed to achieve Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Khalid al - Falih said on
Friday global oil inventories had declined from their peak but had not yet fallen far enough.
And Brent is in position to post extra gains within the next two weeks due to
shrinking global oil inventories and concerns over the escalating military activities in the Middle East.
Put another way,
global oil inventories could see a boost of 600,000 bpd from the storms.