Platts Analytics sees oil prices struggling to go beyond the mid-$40s/bbl mark by the end of calendar year 2020 (CY20) before creeping up to $50/b by end-2021
A stall in Asia's recovery, the end of the US summer driving season and increased supply from the OPEC+ alliance signal a bleak short-term outlook for oil prices
Brent crude fell 44 cents to $43.63 a barrel by 0325 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate was at $40.94 a barrel, down 43 cents and set for its first weekly drop in five weeks.
Brent crude oil futures added 10 cents, or 0.2%, to $45.96 a barrel by 0642 GMT
Brent crude rose 21 cents, or 0.5 per cent, to $45.01 a barrel by 0023 GMT while US West Texas Intermediate crude was up 27 cents, or 0.6 per cent, to $42.28 a barrel
The poll projected global demand to contract by between 7.2 and 8.5 million barrels per day (bpd) this year, versus last month's 6.5-8.7 million bpd prediction
Both benchmarks rose 2% on Wednesday following a sharp drawdown in US crude inventories
Brent crude fell 27 cents to $42.97 a barrel by 0114 GMT while US West Texas Intermediate crude was at $40.27 a barrel, down 28 cents
OPEC oil production fell to its lowest in decades in June and Russian production dropped to near its OPEC+ target
Currently, Brent prices are hovering around the $42/barrel mark
The global economic outlook has also worsened or at best stayed about the same in the past month
Investors are waiting to see if the producers, known as OPEC+, extend their record cut beyond July
Crude stocks rose by 5.7 million barrels in the week to June 5 to 538.1 million barrels, according to a report from the USEnergy Information Administration.
The speed at which the oil market rebounded to $40 per barrel has certainly grabbed attention, but it needs to walk before it can run
US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was up $2.46 or 8.4% at $31.89 per barrel, its highest since mid-March
US crude up 19.7% in the week, Brent adds 5.2 per% after a week of bullish news. Both contracts gain for third straight week
S&P Global Platts Analytics estimates gasoline demand destruction in the broader Asian region, excluding China, probably peaked in April, with a year-on-year decline of 17% or 700,000 barrels per day
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