Decoupling price from supply

THE recent bull run in crude oil futures underscores two important trends in the oil market – the market is plagued by geopolitical uncertainty and OPEC's surplus capacity has become mostly irrelevant to price setting. By Gomati Jagadeesan

The benchmark North Sea Brent crude has continued its upward trajectory in the past few weeks, trading yesterday at $US118.71.

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