Global oil markets: Current developments and future prospects

Wits Business School in collaboration with UNU-WIDER organize a public lecture by Professor Bassam Fattouh titled 'Global Oil Markets: Current Developments and Future Prospects' on 26 April in Johannesburg. 

At the event Fattouh examines the factors lying behind the demand and supply shocks that have generated recent oil price volatility, focusing attention on the structure of the global oil market, its clearing mechanisms, and differences in producers’ investment cycles. The implications for the near and medium terms are explored. The discussion is chaired by UNU-WIDER's Senior Research Fellow Channing Arndt.

About Professor Bassam Fattouh

Bassam Fattouh is the Director of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies and Professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies. Fattouh focuses his research on aspects of the international oil pricing system such as the relationship between the futures market and spot market, the relationship between OPEC and the market, the causes of oil price volatility and the dynamics of oil price differentials. 

Read more about Bassam Fattouh at Oxford Institute for Energy Studies webpage.

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Presentation slides - Bassam Fattouh