Spare oil production capacity at the highest quartile in history is weighing on Brent crude prices, and time spreads have looked undervalued since the summer, according to Goldman Sachs. The expectations for a large surplus next year are also likely weighing on the deferred time spreads, the investment bank said …
Read More »Goldman Sachs Expects Brent Oil to Average $76 per Barrel in 2025
Brent Crude oil prices are set to average $76 per barrel next year, down from an expected average of $80 a barrel in 2024, amid an expected surplus on the market, according to Goldman Sachs. “Our base case is that Brent stays in a $70-85 range, with high spare capacity …
Read More »Goldman Sach: Saudi Arabia to Scale Back Oil and Gas Sector Spending
Saudi Arabia is expected to put less money into the oil industry than initially predicted in its goal to invest $1 trillion in strategic sectors by the end of the decade. The Gulf kingdom will likely direct the majority of its funds, around 73% of total investments, into non-oil sectors …
Read More »Goldman Sachs Sees a $75 Floor for Brent Oil Prices
Goldman Sachs expects a $75 per barrel floor under Brent Crude prices that is unlikely to be breached due to the current macroeconomic fears of a U.S. recession. Oil prices slumped by 6% in the past few days, dragged down by weaker-than-expected jobs data in the U.S. on Friday, which …
Read More »Goldman Sachs: Next President will have Limited Tools to Raise U.S. Oil Supply
The next U.S. president will have a very limited set of tools to materially boost oil supply in the United States, according to investment bank Goldman Sachs. Whoever wins the presidential election in November will have to contend with low stocks in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Moreover, any regulatory …
Read More »Goldman Sees Limited Upside for Oil Prices despite Rising Geopolitical Risk
Goldman Sachs analysts have brushed off the latest events between Iran and Israel as a bullish factor for oil prices, citing potential hedging by producers. “Our commodities strategists do not expect substantial further upside to oil prices,” the bank said, as quoted by FXStreet, adding that “Hedge funds continued selling …
Read More »Goldman: Oil Prices could Double if Houthi Attacks Continue
Houthi rebel disruptions reaching the Straits of Hormuz could double oil prices, Goldman Sachs has warned. In an interview given to American television station CNBC yesterday, head of the company’s oil research division Daan Struyven said: “the Red Sea is a transit route and a prolonged disruption there, oil can …
Read More »Goldman Sachs Predicts $100 Oil as Renewable Transition Falters
This week, Goldman Sachs raised its oil price target to $100 again. The bank cited lower OPEC output combined with higher demand, which taken together, “more than offset significantly higher U.S. supply.” The average gas price in the U.S. on September 20 was $3.875, slightly lower than a day earlier …
Read More »Goldman Sachs’ Currie: Oil’s Rally is Unloved
The OPEC+ production cuts are beginning to impact oil prices, Goldman Sachs’ Jeff Currie told CNBC on Tuesday. “What we’ve been waiting for for six months is finally beginning to play out,” Currie said when asked if we’re starting to see the beginnings of the bull case for oil. “Inventories …
Read More »Goldman Sachs Looks to Open New Tokyo Desk to Trade Profitable Power Futures
Post-energy crisis hedging enthusiasm is prompting Goldman Sachs Group to launch plans for a Tokyo desk to trade Japanese power derivatives as trading volumes for Japanese power futures on the European Energy Exchange are set to soar by up to 3X. An executive with the European Energy Exchange (EEX) told …
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