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The oil market to flip into a deficit after Q1

The economic disruption caused by the coronavirus means that we now expect the oil market to be in a surplus in Q1 2020, as opposed to the deficit that we had previously envisioned. However, providing that the virus is contained, we think that demand will recover in the following quarters and, in conjunction with weak supply growth, will lead to a market deficit in the remainder of this year.

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