What will bring oil prices back down again?

A coordinated release of official stocks is one possible trigger for a correction in oil prices, but we still think that it is neither imminent nor necessary. A more realistic assessment of the prospects for demand should be sufficient to drag the price of Brent back below $100 per barrel (from $114 today).

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