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Revisiting our oil market outlook

Omicron will weigh on jet fuel demand in the next few months, but the wider hit to demand is still unclear. And although OPEC+ decided to push ahead with its planned oil production increases, we think it will struggle to raise output by as much as planned next year. So, for now, we are leaving our end-2022 oil price forecasts unchanged, but downside risk has risen due to the threat to demand.

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