Founder & CEO. Oil markets macro-analysis., Vanda Insights

Vandana Hari

Founder of Vanda Insights, a Singapore-based provider of analysis and briefings on the oil markets. Former Asia Editorial Director at S&P Global Platts, the topmost price reporting agency on global energy commodities markets. 25 years of experience reporting, researching and analysing energy markets. Focus on connecting the dots between supply-demand fundamentals, geopolitics, economics, financial markets and demographics to present the big-picture view on oil, with a focus on factors influencing prices. Experienced in oil price discovery in the physical and derivatives markets. Aim to provide insights and analysis in a clear and succinct manner. Available for bespoke research, analysis and market briefings on the markets.

Founder & CEO. Oil markets macro-analysis.

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The oil market is indeed surrounded by “black swans”, as the Russian energy minister put it last week.
 Just count the variables – an economic wobble from trade wars and tensions, US sanctions against oil producers Iran, Venezuela and Russia and escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East – and then consider all the permutations and combinations of their unanticipated consequences.
 It is hardly a surprise then, that the oil market is going with the only certainty on the horizon, which is weakening global demand growth.  
 Benchmark crude prices tumbled to two-month lows last week, and it is hard to see any factors that might spur a sustainable rebound any time soon.

The oil market is indeed surrounded by “black swans”, as the Russian energy minister put it last week.
 Just count the variables – an economic wobble from trade wars and tensions, US sanctions against oil producers Iran, Venezuela and Russia and escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East – and then consider all the permutations and combinations of their unanticipated consequences.
 It is hardly a surprise then, that the oil market is going with the only certainty on the horizon, which is weakening global demand growth.  
 Benchmark crude prices tumbled to two-month lows last week, and it is hard to see any factors that might spur a sustainable rebound any time soon.

Weekly Oil Views: Market Sticks with Bleak Outlook, the Only Certainty for Now

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Weekly Oil Views: Market Sticks with Bleak Outlook, the Only Certainty for Now