Oil prices could hit the $90-$100 per barrel range in the second half of this year as global demand is set to reach record levels amid constrained supply, Russell Hardy, CEO at the world’s largest independent oil trader, Vitol Group, has said “The prospect of higher prices in the second …
Read More »Goldman Sachs: Oil Prices won’t Hit $100 until December
Goldman Sachs still expects Brent Crude prices to hit $100 per barrel this year, but only in December, compared to earlier expectations of $100 oil as soon as mid-2023, the bank said in a new note in which it cut its average Brent price to $92 a barrel this year …
Read More »Goldman Sachs Warns of an Imminent Oil Supply Shortage
Crude oil could soon swing into a deficit that will make next year a difficult one, Goldman Sachs said, as spare production capacity dwindles and underinvestment threatens future supply. Speaking on the sidelines of an event in Saudi Arabia, Goldman’s top commodity analyst Jeffrey Currie said, as quoted by Bloomberg, …
Read More »Saudi Oil Driller Hires Goldman, HSBC, SNB Capital for IPO
Arabian Drilling Co., a Saudi oilfield-services firm partly held by Schlumberger NV, hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc, HSBC Holdings Plc and SNB Capital to manage its IPO in Riyadh, seeking to join a steady stream of Gulf firms tapping equity markets. The firm will sell 26.7 million shares, or a …
Read More »Goldman Says EU Gas may Challenge August Highs on Gazprom News
European natural gas prices could approach highs set in August after Russia said its key pipeline to Europe won’t resume flows as planned, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The news will probably “reignite market uncertainty regarding the region’s ability to manage storage through winter” and is set to drive …
Read More »Goldman Sachs Cuts Oil Price Forecast to $110 this Quarter
Goldman Sachs revised down its Brent price forecast for this quarter to $110 a barrel, down from a previous projection of $140 per barrel, but the investment bank still believes the case for higher oil prices remains strong. In recent weeks, oil prices have been driven down by low trading …
Read More »Goldman Sachs: Upside Risk in Oil is Tremendously High
Goldman Sachs continues to be very bullish on energy and believes that the upside risk in crude oil and refined products “is tremendously high right now,” Jeffrey Currie, global head of commodities research at Goldman Sachs, told CNBC’s Squawk Box on Monday. The recent pullback in oil prices could be …
Read More »Goldman Sees U.S. Recession Risk as much as 35% as Cuts Forecast
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s economists warned the probability of a U.S. recession in the next year may be as much as 35% as they cut their forecasts for growth due to the hit from soaring oil prices and other fallout from the war in Ukraine. Economists led by Jan Hatzius …
Read More »Goldman Sachs: OPEC+ could Announce Larger Production Hike
OPEC+ may decide on Wednesday to announce a larger production increase for March than the usual 400,000 barrels per day, considering the oil price rally to $90 and the potential for renewed discontent from major oil importers at these high price levels, Goldman Sachs said in a Tuesday note. “We …
Read More »Goldman doesn’t See Big Disruption to Energy Flows over Ukraine
Oil and gas flows aren’t likely to be significantly impacted from the tensions building in Ukraine, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The bank’s base case is “no disruption,” Jeff Currie, Goldman’s global head of commodities research, said in a Bloomberg TV interview with Shery Ahn and Paul Allen. Sanctions …
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