Keisuke Sadamori, IEA director for energy markets and security, assured that the outlook for oil was in the midst of either a second wave or a steady first wave of the coronavirus

Goldman Sachs expects Brent prices to rally in 2021, bolstered by a tighter oil market and as an economic recovery from the coronavirus-induced slump gathers pace, helped by a possible vaccine

OPEC said world oil demand will fall more steeply in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic and said next year’s recovery faces large uncertainties, pointing to growing headwinds for the group and its allies in supporting the market

The coronavirus crisis may have triggered the long-anticipated tipping point in oil demand and it is focusing minds in OPEC, according to a Reuters report

Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said that OPEC+ was moving to the next phase of its oil cut pact when the group is expected to ease their reductions as oil demand recovers

Global oil demand will soar by a record 7 million barrels per day in 2021 as the global economy recovers from the coronavirus pandemic but will remain below 2019 levels, OPEC said in its monthly report

The Paris-based IEA raised its forecast to 92.1 million barrels per day, up 400,000 bpd from its outlook last month, citing a smaller-than-expected second-quarter decline

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said the global oil market might achieve a balance between supply and demand in July and could even face a shortage of crude

OPEC forecast a gradual recovery in global demand for oil, which has been hammered by the coronavirus crisis, and said record supply cuts by producers were already helping to rebalance the market

Oil demand is recovering from the greatest fall in its history in 2020, IEA said, but less flying due to coronavirus fears means the world will not return to pre-pandemic demand levels before 2022