Oil price slump - this time it is different

Oil prices have crashed by about 40% since end-January owing to the coronavirus-related demand shock and the collapse of OPEC+ output restraint. Following previous oil price crashes (2008 and 2015-16), prices rebounded quickly, but we do not think that this will be the case this year.

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