RE: 'Oil Prices Could Hit $160 Within Weeks'30 May 2026 08:30
"Exxon SVP Neil Chapman warned at the Bernstein conference that global oil inventories are approaching 'unheard of' lows and models show Brent crude could spike to $150-$160 once the operational floor is reached."
in May, global oil inventories plunged by a record 8.7 million barrels per day, with Hormuz still largely blocked. And yet, oil prices are sharply lower in May, in no small part due to the daily market jawboning manipulation by various official and unofficial sources, who signal that an Iran deal is imminent... any minute now.
Only it isn't, and while the market may prefer to shove its head in the sand, the biggest names in the room are no longer keeping quiet."
"the head of the United Arab Emirates state oil group Adnoc, who cautioned last week that full oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz were unlikely to return before next year even if the conflict is resolved. "It will take at least four months to get back to 80% of pre-conflict flows, and full flows will not return before the first or even second quarter of 2027," Adnoc chief executive Sultan al-Jaber said during an Atlantic Council event on May 21."
"if Chevron was pessimistic, the company's biggest domestic competitor, Exxon, was downright apocalyptic. Exxon SVP Neil Chapman had some truly horrifying remarks, certainly not something that Donald Trump would like to hear. We present them below......"
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Oil-Prices/Supermajor-Warns-Oil-Prices-Could-Hit-160-Within-Weeks.html