RE: TYRUS launch Bid?5 Mar 2026 06:10
New note, from Goldman Sachs
The all but halted flows via the Strait of Hormuz will deplete oil inventories in advanced economies, prompting a rise in oil prices, Goldman Sachs said on Wednesday as it hiked its second-quarter projections for Brent prices by $10 to $76 per barrel.
The U.S. investment bank also raised significantly the forecast for WTI Crude for the second quarter, expecting the U.S. benchmark price to average $71 per barrel between April and June, up by $9 a barrel compared to the previous projection.
Early on Wednesday in Asian trade, oil prices were about $6-7 per barrel higher than Goldman’s Q2 forecasts, with Brent above $83 and WTI topping $76 per barrel, as the market grapples with the now real supply risk with the stalled tanker traffic via the vital Strait of Hormuz.
“If Hormuz volumes were to remain flat for 5 additional weeks, Brent prices would likely reach $100, a level associated with larger demand destruction to prevent inventories from falling to critically low levels,” Goldman Sachs analysts wrote in a note on Wednesday carried by Reuters.
$100 oil price target if this continues for another couple of weeks, then after the war? settles back to mid $70,s for months?, imo
changes the outlook for JSE significantly , imo