(BOE Report) – J.P. Morgan on Wednesday lowered its second-half 2026 Brent crude oil price forecast due to lower-than-expected OECD commercial inventory draws and lower demand for oil. The bank sees Brent averaging $86 per barrel in the third quarter, $80 in the last quarter, and expects to exit 2026 at $78, according to a research note. * J.P. Morgan
(Investing) – JPMorgan expects Brent crude to remain in the low-$100s for much of 2026, even if the Strait of Hormuz reopens in June, as accelerating inventory draws and logistical bottlenecks keep the oil market tight, the bank said in a note. The bank’s revised framework assumes that the pace of oil inventory depletion will ultimately force the Strait to reopen,
(Oil Price) – Oil prices could spike and hit again their peak Iran-war levels at nearly $120 per barrel if a full recovery of vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz takes until July, according to JP Morgan. Despite the ceasefire announced earlier this week, traffic through the critical oil chokepoint remains severely restricted and under supervision and approval by Iran’s Islamic
(Investing) – JP Morgan downplayed geopolitical concerns on Thursday and maintained its base case forecast for oil prices to stay in the low-to-mid $60s through 2025 and $60 in 2026, but said certain worst-case scenarios could send prices surging to double those levels. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States was moving personnel out of the Middle East
(Investing) – Oil prices have plummeted to their lowest levels in more than three years, as China retaliates against President Trump’s tariffs, intensifying the ongoing trade war and unsettling global markets. Brent Oil Futures dropped 7.6% to $64.86 a barrel at 14:05 GMT, while Crude Oil WTI Futures fell 8.4% to $61.34 a barrel. “We leave our forecasts unchanged until further clarity emerges, sticking with
CNBC U.S. crude rose Thursday to trade above $82 per barrel, with the benchmark heading for its second weekly gain in a row, as oil and gasoline inventories fell. West Texas Intermediate has gained 4.8% this week, while global benchmark Brent is up 3.8%. Prices found support Thursday as U.S. crude and gasoline stockpiles fell for the first time in
Oil Price There is no large international bank without a net-zero plan. These plans invariably include curbs in lending to the oil and gas industry. Yet despite these plans. Most of the world’s top lenders continue doing business with the oil industry—and they’ve been doing more of it lately. The revelation comes from the 15th annual Banking on Climate Chaos report authored by
World Oil (Bloomberg) – OPEC+ chose to stick with oil production cuts for the first half of the year, keeping global markets tight and potentially sending prices higher. A panel of key members led by Saudi Arabia recommended no policy changes at an online review meeting on Wednesday, according to a statement posted on the group’s website. That means roughly
Oil Price The recent rally in oil prices is pushing the benchmarks towards a quarter of gains thanks to the OPEC+ output cuts. WTI, according to Bloomberg, has added 14% since the start of the year, topping $82 per barrel earlier this week. Brent crude has gone from around $78 per barrel at the start of the year to over $86
Oil Price Reducing methane emissions and addressing methane leaks in operations are immediate actions from which both businesses and the climate will benefit, JP Morgan, one of the world’s top fossil fuel financiers, said in a new report on Wednesday. JP Morgan’s “The Methane Emissions Opportunity” white paper urges companies to boost efforts to cut methane emissions and says that the
Oil Price Three days after Jamie Dimon sparked a marketwide selloff which sent stocks to fresh 2022 lows after he predicted a US recession in “6 to 9” months, citing drivers including rising interest rates, persistent inflation and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and warned stocks could drop another 20%, the JPMorgan CEO who is expected to report earnings tomorrow (and hopefully clarify
Oil Price Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JP Morgan, called on the U.S. oil industry to boost crude production to make up for OPEC+ cuts that could cause a severe shortage in the global oil market. “In my view, America should have been pumping more oil and gas and it should have been supported,” Dimon told CNBC, adding “America needs to
