Here are some of the issues on the table
OPEC's Mohammad Barkindo said he was more optimistic about the market outlook for next year than he had been in October
Global majors are bullish on fuel retailing, but recent mega-expansions by state-owned oil majors will crowd the field
If the economic pessimism persists in 2019, expect oil prices to continue drifting lower as demand forecasts get cut
The market in the fourth quarter could be shifting towards an oversupply situation as evidenced by rising inventories over the past few week
As oil refiners from India to South Korea scramble to find alternative supplies to Iranian crude, they are pushing up the prices of crudes that can substitute for lost shipments
US crude oil inventories rose by 3.3 million barrels to 428.64 million barrels
Once Saudi, Russian and Iranian oil are denominated in yuan, Beijing will dominate 40% of oil market
Over 2 million bpd of refining capacity was estimated to be offline as a result of the storm
Report struck a more bullish note than that issued by the Opec on Tuesday
China's oil imports have averaged an unprecedented 7.5 mn barrels a day so far this year, boosted by the teapots
'Oil prices, natural gas, refining, it all looks very bad right now'
Helped by sales of discounted heavy crude