Oil weathering storm but still faces long-term shortages
The impact of Hurricane Harvey on energy commodities is seen as limited, but more weather disruptions are likely, and investors expect long-term oil price gains.

While they believe the impact of Hurricane Harvey on energy commodities will be limited to the coming weeks, investors are predicting long-term gains in the oil price.
That's potentially good news for oil exporters Indonesia and Malaysia, but less so for oil-importing economies such as India, Japan and China.
Less than a week after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas on August 25, the storm had knocked out a fifth of US oil refining capacity, equivalent to about 4 million …
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