The slump in global oil prices could hit bottom in early 2016 although prices are likely to remain low for the next couple of years, BP ( BP.L ) Chief Executive Officer Bob Dudley said. “A low point could be in the first quarter,” Dudley said in BBC radio interview broadcast on Saturday. Brent crude prices fell by 34 percent last year after shedding 48 percent in 2014. The plunge in global oil prices has pushed inflation close to or below zero in many countries, helping consumers but wrong-footing central banks. Dudley said a more natural balance between supply and demand could come back in the third and fourth quarter of this year, after which stock levels could start to wear off. “Prices are going to stay lower for […]