Global crude inventories to max out in 2 months amid coronavirus

Plunging demand leads to a strain on storage facilities

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The spread of the coronavirus lead to the collapse in the oil market. © Reuters

YOSHINOBU ONO, KAZUHIRO KIDA, HIDEMITSU KIBE and SHUJI NAKAYAMA, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO/DUBAI/NEW YORK -- Global inventories of crude oil are rapidly increasing and may peak in June. But despite demand for gasoline and other petroleum products plunging due to the new coronavirus, oil producing countries are reluctant to cut production.

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