oversupplied

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The market would get oversupplied with oil and profits would fall.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

He noted the company’s strategic decision not to own inventory, which he thinks will pay off in an oversupplied market.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026

While global oil markets remain broadly oversupplied, near-term prices look set to take direction from geopolitical signals.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

While concerns over an oversupplied market remain a weight on prices, “any renewed escalation in the Middle East or other producing regions would quickly push crude prices back to the upside.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

The forgotten dead were Javanese—deserters from a sugar-plantation; for the tragedy happened long ago, when labour was being drawn from Java and other oversupplied countries.

From Tropic Days by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)