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Black Gold Bloodbath - WTI Crude Crashes To $45 Handle, 9-Month Lows

"Someone's liquidating" warns one veteran energy trader as the sudden heavy volume surge to the downside in WTI crude futures smashes oil prices back to the lowest since August 2016.

Surging US crude production (once again to August 2015 highs)...

 

And demand forecasts are tumbling:

 

And loss of faith from the hedge fund community..

and this is what OPEC gets...