Oil forecast $150/bbl17 Feb 2022 00:14
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/16/oil-could-vault-as-high-as-150-a-barrel-veteran-analyst-warns.html
Brent surpassing $100 a barrel is almost a given at this point, many energy analysts say. Now an increasing number of forecasters predict the commodity surpassing $125 a barrel and even higher.
?Given that you’ve got this underinvestment in capital exploration, we’re running low on physical oil, we’re running short of supply,” John Driscoll, director of JTD Energy Services, told CNBC on Monday. “There is a scenario where we could vault past $120, even as high as $150” a barrel. "
“The market is in what we call a steep backwardation which gives a premium to any prompt physical available oil. We’re starting to sense that demand is on its way to recovering, and we’re looking at supply shortfalls,” he explained.
Driscoll isn’t alone in his bullish call — J.P. Morgan this month forecast oil as “likely to overshoot to $125” per barrel “on widening spare capacity risk premium.”
“Supply misses are rising. Market recognition of strained capacity is also growing,” J.P. Morgan wrote in its Feb. 11 report.