Home GCC UAE Oil extends gain after weekly advance on tightening market Oil has rallied more than 10 per cent so far this year by Bloomberg January 16, 2022 Oil extended gains after a fourth weekly advance as the market tightened and concerns about the impact of omicron eased. Futures in London climbed toward $87 a barrel after increasing 5.3 per cent last week. High prices are justified and futures could rise even further, according to Vitol Group, the world’s biggest independent crude trader. Oil’s market structure has firmed in a bullish backwardation pattern, signaling growing supply tightness. Oil has rallied more than 10 per cent so far this year, in part due to outages in OPEC+ producers including Libya. The International Energy Agency said last week that global demand has turned out to be stronger than expected, while the physical market is booming as buyers look beyond the spread of omicron. China’s Covid-zero policy will probably ensure that there’s no omicron outbreak big enough to significantly diminish the use of oil products there, Mike Muller, Vitol’s head of Asia, said on Sunday on a webinar hosted by Dubai-based consultancy Gulf Intelligence. “We’re nowhere near seeing a major demand hit in China.” Tags China Covid- demand oil Omicron OPEC 0 Comments You might also like Oil jumps over 2% amid further Red Sea vessel attacks Oil eased ahead of Christmas break on possible future Angola output increase China bans export of rare earths processing tech over national security Angola leaves OPEC in blow to oil producer group