Although oil may not be headed to a new supercycle, prices still have room to rise from current levels because of a strong demand rebound and expected tightness in supply, some of the world’s largest commodity trading groups say. There is a chance for $100 oil, Jeremy Weir, chief executive officer at commodity trader Trafigura, told the FT Commodities Global Summit on Tuesday. “You need higher prices to incentivize… and also maybe to build on the cost of carbon in the future as well. You also need to attract capital in the business,” Weir told the online debate. The largest commodity traders are bullish on oil in the near term, too. Brent Crude traded at over $73.50 a barrel early on Tuesday, but the top executives of the trading houses see further upsides. “Higher from here” for the next six months, Glencore’s Head of Oil Marketing, Alex Sanna, told […]