Financial Times | Information asymmetry bedevils the oil market Financial Times The issue for the cartel is not just one of a resurgent shale industry propelling US crude inventories to record levels, but an information asymmetry that gives the US an outsized importance to traders beyond its status as the world's largest oil ... Oil pares advance to month high after surprise US crude inventories build Oil ends slightly higher after US inventory rise caps rally China Binges on African Oil Like Never Before After OPEC Cuts |