Shares/Stock Will oil drop to $60 or rise to $100 in 2022?

[SebsCubs]

Predicting oil prices is a difficult job at the best of times. Still, it is increasingly difficult as COVID-19 and its variants continue to suspend consumers' plans and disrupt the balance between oil demand and supply. In addition, governments are also working to dismantle the current global energy system and shift to clean energy. All this puts oil prices and energy companies under the fog of uncertainty.

We expect crude oil prices to decline in the coming months, as it appears that supply will outpace demand, and we will find a surplus that turns things upside down. However, this does not mean that oil will not continue the rally that began late last year in 2022.

The potential failure to revive the Iran nuclear deal, the expected return of higher oil demand during the summer season, and the inability of OPEC+ to commit to pumping the agreed on amounts of supplies due to slowing production may push oil prices up.

Prices will begin to rebalance in the first quarter of 2022. According to Energy Information Agency (EIA), the average price of Brent crude will average $70 a barrel during 2022, according to Energy Information Agency (EIA).

Oil price, supply, and demand forecasts​

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has forecasted that the global oil supply will exceed demand this year.

Global oil supply is expected to increase by 6.4 million barrels per day in 2022, compared to 1.5 million barrels per day in 2021. According to IEA, global demand will expand by 3.3 million barrels per day in 2022, compared to 5.4 million barrels per day in 2021.

According to the agency's report, the first quarter of 2022 could see a surplus of 1.7 million barrels per day and grow to 2 million barrels per day in the second quarter of 2022.

This surplus may push oil prices to calm down a bit and return to levels of $70 a barrel during this period.

Will oil return to $60 a barrel? ​

Oil prices may be at risk of dropping to $60 during the coming months due to the slowing demand associated with Omicron, and its effects on economies, production, aviation, and travel. This will happen if:

1. OPEC+ meets its collective production obligations.
2. The United States takes back its role as an influential producer, and the US shale oil comes back strongly to the field.
3. A breakthrough occurs in the Iranian nuclear deal with Western forces, and Iranian oil returns to the market in 2022.

The oil price may collapse to $60 a barrel. However, it will be an excellent opportunity to buy because the long-term trend will be bullish.

Is it possible for oil to jump to $100 a barrel in 2022?​

As global economies reopen from the pandemic, oil demand may exceed global supply. However, forecasts of an oversupply in the first quarter of 2022 will disappear for good, as OPEC and its non-OPEC allies led by Russia can still not deliver the planned 400,000 BPD increase each month.

Excess supply will turn into tight supply, as demand for oil fuel increases as economies recover, and the driving season begins during the summer. This may push prices to $85-$90 a barrel during 2022. In addition, OPEC+ is expected to maintain a tight grip on production, which is an excellent recipe for pushing prices higher.

The absence of Iranian oil in the market, as we wait for the possible failure of the Iran nuclear deal talks, may open the door for oil to break $100 a barrel, especially if inflation and rising production costs reach the oil services sector.

In the end, to sum it up, we expect oil to continue its rally, but it will calm down a bit, and prices will range between $73-$85 during the year. According to the circumstances, oil should witness some volatility between ups and downs.

 

[sincerem]

I enjoyed taking my time to read your well taking contents written around the future of crude oil as 2022 gets underway. I know majority of OPEC countries will be very eager for oil to keep up with bullish when if it isn't at the bullish at the moment. Oil price exceeding $60 per barrel will be a plus for the oils producing countries in the world. Some are using such kind of natural resources well to develop their beloved country and nothing more which they are generating. Yet, my own country is simply squandering the free gift from the above which they can invest into something lucrative in the country and improve the present condition of the country which is suffering heavily from inflation. They aren't using the funds they are making from crude oil sales, even if it gets to $100 per barrel, they wouldn't still make out anything useful from the sales of crude oil to the countries in-demand of it. Since, few citizens are servicing their needs through the profit made from the sales of crude oil which is mainly the politicians we have here. I just hope oil price stays good, to be affordable for people to buy.

 

[eldavis]

I know the cost of a barrel also plays a role and affects the price of petrol in a country but honestly speaking I don't even care about these part what I want is for the price of petrol in my country to go down. My country is know as one with oil, this is not an issue for us yet we buying petrol and other products gotten form oil at a very high price, I pray the price goes up, this should also affect how much it's being sold within the country selling it.

 

[Deleted member 28127]

The productions of electric vehicles are starting means in the next 5 or 6 years there will be a lot of decrease in the use of oil means the price will drop down to 60 $ by the end of 2022 by the commercialization of electric vehicles.

 

[Alexandoy]

Is there anyone here who has shares of stocks in oil? Some years ago I was invited to buy shares of stocks of a government owned company that sells oil. The company was about to be sold to a private company. That is the spiel of the person who assured me that I would earn from the price that will surely increase when the company is sold. I did not really believe but I did not buy simply because I have no good knowledge of stocks and I had a bad experience before (I have posted about this sad experience in another thread here).

In fairness to the guy, the company was bought by a rich businessman. However, the market price did not increase substantially. That means I would not really have earned a good profit if I had bought shares of stocks of that oil company. It is ironic that now the oil company is being offered to the government on a discounted price. The owner admitted that the oil company is losing so he is willing to sell at a loss but only to the government.