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China's virus outbreak is a reminder that peak demand is getting closer

OIL shocks are nothing new, but what the Coronavirus has done is cause Slugcatcher, and other observers of the oil and gas industry, to wonder whether the driving force of the industry really is flipping from supply to demand.

Helen Clark

What sort of unexpected effects could a slowed sector offer global markets?

Speculation about a change in the theory of Peak Oil from peak supply to peak demand has been around for a while, but mainly because of the potential for other energy sources to displace oil with electric...

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