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    Barclays: Brent crude oil prices are expected to reach $53/b in 2021

    • Last Update: 2023-01-03
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    Barclays on Monday maintained its 2021 oil price forecast, which is based on OPEC and its allies' production agreement and the forecast that potential COVID-19 vaccines will boost demand in the second half of the year, Barclays expects Brent crude oil prices in 2021 to be $53 per barrel
    .

    The bank said in a note that the possible introduction of effective vaccines in the short term will be a turning point in demand, as this could lead to a more sustainable economic recovery
    .

    The company forecasts that by 2021, the average price of Brent crude oil will be $53 per barrel, and the price of US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude will be $50 per barrel
    .

    Reuters reported that OPEC, Russia and its allies, known as OPEC+, are considering delaying their original planned January oil production increase for at least three months
    .

    As part of a stabilizing measure to the record production cuts agreed this year, OPEC+ will boost output by 2 million barrels
    per day in January.

    "We hope that OPEC+ will delay raising production targets by three months
    before its meeting later this month," the bank said.

    Goldman Sachs also said this month it expects the group to delay its planned production growth
    .

    On Monday, Brent crude traded at around $45.
    30 and WTI crude at around $43, helped by optimism about a recovery in demand from successful trials of a coronavirus vaccine, although new global lockdowns capped gains
    .

    Barclays on Monday maintained its 2021 oil price forecast, which is based on OPEC and its allies' production agreement and the forecast that potential COVID-19 vaccines will boost demand in the second half of the year, Barclays expects Brent crude oil prices in 2021 to be $53 per barrel
    .

    Oil prices

    The bank said in a note that the possible introduction of effective vaccines in the short term will be a turning point in demand, as this could lead to a more sustainable economic recovery
    .

    The company forecasts that by 2021, the average price of Brent crude oil will be $53 per barrel, and the price of US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude will be $50 per barrel
    .

    Reuters reported that OPEC, Russia and its allies, known as OPEC+, are considering delaying their original planned January oil production increase for at least three months
    .

    As part of a stabilizing measure to the record production cuts agreed this year, OPEC+ will boost output by 2 million barrels
    per day in January.

    "We hope that OPEC+ will delay raising production targets by three months
    before its meeting later this month," the bank said.

    Goldman Sachs also said this month it expects the group to delay its planned production growth
    .

    On Monday, Brent crude traded at around $45.
    30 and WTI crude at around $43, helped by optimism about a recovery in demand from successful trials of a coronavirus vaccine, although new global lockdowns capped gains
    .

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