Demand concerns from Covid outbreaks and lockdowns in China have emerged as a challenge to the sustained bullish momentum in oil on account of supply fears.
However, as the Ukraine war festers, the disruption and drop in Russian oil and gas supply may have some more way to go before hitting a peak.
We weigh the near- and short-term key bullish and bearish influences on benchmark crude prices.
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