Oil to $100

UPDATE: Pulling the plug at $79BRENT

Lol our firm just yeeted money at oil commodities. What do you guys think? Should we bail the position right now? We are at 7% profit. Some IB partnering firms are telling us that their "research" aka under-the-table team has source on min $80 a barrel for Brent & Crude.

 

Gone are the days that Energy companies will lead the economy. $100 will speed up energy transition and lead to “political uncertainty”. Oil prices in the last 2-3 years have not been led by fundamentals lots of excess barrels and plays out there.

The reason a vast amount of these firms are not anywhere near their former equity valuations is that they are still majorly debt ridden and demand destruction is coming. Most of the European majors already left the space.

Pioneer is the best example follow what their CEO vs banks/rds/exonn/bp have said…the producers in for long haul (not energy transition) players dont want a price shock.

 

haha alot changed between June2021 and now. I personally turned bullish oil in late q4 and a lot of current price raise has been in part due to "geopolitics". I still say that $100 is great but the debt ratios are the key thing to watch the market should keep awarding the equities who debt wise are doing the best thing. 

The issue now is that the incoming metals/ags (food) crisis and inflation should make oil pricey for the future. PXD CEO has said it best, $100 or $150 we won't drill like mad, possibly lack of Russian oil in the market for "western stability" we will start to drill again. Let's hope they keep to that mentality.

 

That is for sure becoming a concern as the war is getting worse and blooder. But majority of the “independent” producers are running $60-$70 WTI decks and promising anything above is returned to shareholders. The long-term under investment is a major concern so I think recessions bring more “volatility” like “wars” but the risk of these firms falling into massive debt traps is minimal. Now again if they overspend too truly that changes.

 

What is going to be interesting to see is whether Russian energy is sanctioned or not. Right now we are feeling the effect of the war without the energy sanctions. However, if Russian aggression continues and the taps are turned off that will send the prices soaring faster. LNG has already spiked and Brent is just going up. With all oil majors except Total pulling out of Russian JVs right now it is going to be a long term uncertainty on the supply side. Also with demand coming back across the world is sending the prices soaring. Russia will also want high oil prices to finance this war. 

 

RDS just bucked the trend let's wait and see what happens into next week. The physical market does not look super tight for now, but again it should not be tight this time of year. The current "s/d" looks unsustainable so as you mention it seems it going to get worse even later on and the futures market is trying its best to keep up with those scenarios. 

As for European Gas, its just trading a war scenario at this point you cant disagree with the price with the backs are moving there.

 

Fuel Markets are looking tight in certain smaller ports in Europe especially in the Meds. As for Gas do you think the US will be able to meet European demand for the coming Winter provided the war last over the summer and Europe refuses Russian Gas? Think that is going to be critical to for how long Europe can hold out.

Also with Brent today at 128/BBL and looking to go higher what do you think about inflation? This is purely speculation but do you think we might head into a recession?

 
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