Falling US production to support oil prices in 2016

The current weakness in crude oil prices partly reflects still-high production and stocks in the US, despite the collapse in the number of active drilling rigs there. But we expect the supply response to gather pace in the next few months, helping to rebalance the market at higher prices.

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