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Oil demand to rise, but it won’t stop prices falling

Global oil demand looks to have held up much better so far in 2021 than during 2020, despite a resurgence of COVID infections in many parts of the world. We expect strong oil demand growth to continue for the rest of the year, but this won’t stop rising supply pushing oil prices lower by end-year.

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