There has been fresh speculation that the major oil-consuming nations will shortly announce another release of crude stocks from official reserves, coordinated by the International Energy Agency (IEA). Such a move could well help to bring prices back down again, but we suspect that persistently weak demand and a renewed deterioration in sentiment will do the job anyway.
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