Why? Look at the price history of crude oil. It has been doing this forever and always made new all time highs within a couple of years.
The level of Chinese demand will not come back again.
Shrinking oil consumption in Europe every year.
Shale oil. They can restart production overnight if prices become favorable to them. And they can stop production overnight as well if prices are not. And Shale oil is still resistant to current prices.
Also renewable energy is emerging.
Oil is facing a slow death. The first victim will be Canadian producers. They will collapse first.
No oil producer wants to decrease production. They can't do that anymore to increase prices.
It's a different game now