Soaring Oil Inventories: Prices Heading for a Second Collapse?
- Oil inventories have spiked on bargain-buying and storing by investors expecting prices to rebound strongly.
- Pace of summer driving crucial to whether inventories will deplete or if prices could crash again.
- The number of miles driven has to rise 4-5% year on year to support prices amid such high stocks.
- Strong demand for oil as refiners take advantage of wide crack spreads and ramp up gasoline output.
- Oil production continues to grow, albeit more slowly, despite low prices and falling rig counts.
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