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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Business
Radmilla Suleymanova

Will oil reach $100 a barrel? And how will it affect you?

The Omicron strain of the coronavirus is not proving to be as disruptive to oil prices as analysts and traders once feared [File: Nick Oxford/Reuters]

Oil has been on a steady climb in recent weeks – reaching its highest level since 2014 on Wednesday – and analysts say the supply-demand picture will remain extremely tight for the remainder of January and February.

Prices have surged since their post-Thanksgiving meltdown, when news of the Omicron variant sent them falling on fears that the latest strain of the coronavirus would bring back more business-sapping restrictions.

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