Oil Demand at Risk as China Reins In Buyers That Bought Less

Demand from some of the most coveted oil buyers may slow this year because they didn’t purchase all that they could in 2016. While China’s private refiners have received their first batch of quotas to buy foreign crude in 2017 and may get approval to purchase more later, the amount probably won’t exceed 2016 volumes, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.