The announcement of the co-ordinated release of oil reserves by the US and other large oil consumers should mean higher supply (and downward pressure on prices) but it will come at a time when we expect that the market will be in a surplus anyway. What’s more, the big risk is that the release prompts OPEC+ to slow or halt its output rises.
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