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Crude Oil Prices to Remain in $90-130/bl Band: Kayrros
Crude oil prices are unlikely to break out beyond $130/bl for significant stretches of time in the next few years as new supplies come to the market to offset losses from Russia, according to analytics firm Kayrros.
The oil price is likely to remain within a $90-130/bl band for the next few years, Antoine Halff, co-founder of Kayrros and a former chief oil analyst at the IEA, said at the World Fuel Oil Summit in Barcelona on Friday.
The price is unlikely to exceed $130/bl for long even in the event of significant Russian supply disruption as more supply would emerge from Iran and Venezuela, which the US would allow either openly or tacitly, and OPEC more widely would be receptive to increasing production to avoid causing a global recession, Halff said.
Ship & Bunker's G20 Index of average VLSFO prices across 20 leading bunkering ports was at $1,066.50/mt on Thursday, at a premium of about $238/mt to Brent crude futures. Keeping that crack spread unchanged, a $90/bl Brent price could result in a G20 VLSFO price of $916/mt, while a $130/bl Brent price could lead to global VLSFO at about $1,217/mt.
Key Bunker Prices More
| VLSFO | MGO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $/mt | +/- | $/mt | +/- | |
| Singapore | 567.50 | 3.50 | 700.00 | 14.50 |
| Rotterdam | 512.50 | 4.00 | 695.00 | 17.50 |
| Houston | 556.00 | 6.00 | 679.00 | 1.00 |
| Fujairah | 562.50 | 2.50 | 755.00 | 0.00 |
| Global 20 Ports Average | 589.00 | 3.00 | 764.50 | 3.50 |
| Global 4 Ports Average | 552.00 | 3.00 | 699.00 | 2.50 |
| Global Average Bunker Price | 635.50 | 1.00 | 811.50 | 11.00 |
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