A growing number of major investment banks are turning bullish on oil in the medium to long term. A lack of investment is leading to supply deficits as demand rebounds to pre-COVID levels. Rebounding consumption and tight supply could push oil prices even higher. Six years after former BP chief executive Bob Dudley said that “the industry needs to prepare for lower for longer,” a growing number of major investment banks now expect “higher for longer” oil prices. Rebounding global oil consumption amid tight supply—contrary to some forecasts last year that indicate demand may have peaked or was close to its peak—as well as years of underinvestment in new supply following the 2015 crash, have prompted Wall Street banks to raise significantly their projections for oil prices in the short and medium term. Oil prices have hit multi-year highs in recent days, with WTI Crude at its highest since […]