Oil industry hopes that markets are about return to balance, ending a global glut that pulled down prices by over 70 percent between 2014 and early 2016, might be abruptly dashed. Despite recent disruptions and output cuts, there is mounting evidence that plentiful supplies and brimming inventories will delay a much-quoted rebalancing of oil markets. “The market needs to stop worrying about this balance and concentrate on the now,” said Matt Stanley, a fuel broker at Freight Investor Services in Dubai. “We rallied on the back of supply outages, wildfires and seemingly increased demand. Well, Shell have lifted force majeure at (Nigeria’s) Bonny … the wildfires are out and Canada is close to full production, and (U.S.) gasoline demand is at 15-month lows,” he added. Not just are […]