Where Did 800,000 Barrels Of Oil Go?

Amid global oversupply, the crude market has a mystery: 800,000 missing barrels of oil.

Mar 18, 2016

Amid global oversupply, the crude market has a mystery: 800,000 missing barrels of oil. WSJ's Georgi Kantchev joins Shelby Holliday to discuss. Photo: Getty

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