Nevermind Those EVs — Oil Demand Keeps Growing: Javier Blas

Like clockwork, the commodities market worries in May about the strength of oil demand heading into the northern hemisphere summer holiday. Nervousness about the seasonal pickup in oil consumption abounds. It happened in 2023, and it’s happening again this year. But as before, traders’ concerns are misplaced: Oil demand growth is doing just fine.

The anxiety is reflected in the price of Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, which has dropped to less than $85 a barrel in recent days, down from about $90 a barrel in April. With the OPEC+ oil cartel meeting on June 1 to decide whether to ...