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US Weekly Petroleum Status Report

The fall in crude stocks last week was overshadowed by rising US output, lower refinery runs and ballooning gasoline inventories. Indeed, US oil production is now within touching distance of 10m bpd. This is a key reason why we expect WTI prices to fall back to $55 per barrel by end-2018.

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