Oil posts longest run of losses in six months as rally fades
By Alex Longley and Elizabeth Low on 3/17/2021
Oil tanker rates are so low that carriers are subsidizing crude shipments.
SINGAPORE (Bloomberg) --Oil headed for its longest run of declines in over six months after the International Energy Agency said talk of an upcoming supply shortfall could be misleading.
Futures in New York declined 0.9%. OPEC and its partners could quickly deploy their stalled production spare capacity to quash oil price rallies, the IEA said in its monthly report. Demand wonât return to pre-virus levels until 2023, the agency said in a separate report.