Platts Analytics sizes up global oil demand outlook, climate policies into 2022

Chris Midgley, global director of analytics at S&P Global Platts, shares his latest outlook for global oil demand heading into the third year of the pandemic and takes stock of the tension between climate ambitions and economic growth.

Midgley explains why US shale drillers continue to hold back despite relatively higher oil prices, whether the US and Iran will likely reach a nuclear deal to remove oil sanctions, and how US Gulf Coast producers and refiners are recovering after Hurricane Ida.

Stick around after the interview for Chris van Moessner with the Market Minute, a look at near-term oil market drivers.