UBS raised its forecasts June 18 for the price of Brent crude this year, citing expectations of an undersupplied oil market as demand starts to pick up on the back of a recovering global economy.
“Supply is being curbed by OPEC+ voluntary production cuts and due to massive cuts in non-OPEC oil companies’ capital expenditures,” the bank said. UBS raised its forecast for Brent to $40 per barrel by the end of September, from $32, and to $45 per barrel by the end of December, from $43.
OPEC and allies, known as OPEC+, began a record supply-cutting deal in May to bolster oil prices hammered by the coronavirus crisis.
OPEC+ compliance with the existing crude production cuts in May was 87%, two OPEC+ sources said June 17.
UBS sees oil demand gradually picking up, but expects it to be lower in 2020 and 2021 than it was in the fourth quarter of 2019.
“Overall, we anticipate an undersupplied oil market in 2H20 and 2021,” the bank said.
Oil prices ticked up June 18 after U.S. oil product stocks shrank, providing bulls with ammunition ahead of a meeting between OPEC producers and their allies to discuss their future output strategy.
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