Players in the oil industry received some reassurance on Wednesday during the ONS 2016 conference in Stavanger, as Kamel Ben Naceur, director of sustainability, technology and outlooks, flagged up several forecasts from the IEA's World Energy Outlook.

According to Naceur, who said he and his team considered the possibility of low oil for a sustainable future in the World Energy Outlook, oil prices can look forward to a boost as early as 2017.

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