Will 2013 be a rerun of 2012 for oil prices?

The recent weakness supports our view that oil prices have been unsustainably high given the fragility of the global economic recovery. Over the next few years we continue to expect $100 to become a ceiling for Brent, rather than the floor that many others assume.

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