We think last week’s unexpectedly large decline in US crude stocks can be explained more by the fall in OPEC production than by surging domestic demand. That said, we do not think that the latest drop in stocks will be sufficient to convince OPEC+ that they need to raise output quotas at next week’s meeting.
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