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Oil Price Shock May Be Short-Lived, Canada Energy Executives Say
The plunge in oil prices over the past week was more severe than the market’s dynamics justify, and the drop may be short-lived, according to Canadian energy executives gathered in Toronto.
Leaders of oil and gas producers as well as pipeline companies characterized the sudden decline — sparked by US President Donald Trump’s global tariffs and OPEC’s surprise decision to revive output more quickly than expected — as more of a shock reaction than a reflection of actual supply-and-demand imbalances.