{"id":41184,"date":"2016-12-23T11:05:02","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T16:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ino.com\/blog\/?p=41184"},"modified":"2016-12-23T11:05:02","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T16:05:02","slug":"saudi-arabia-assumes-55-oil-price-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwtest.ino.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/saudi-arabia-assumes-55-oil-price-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia Assumes $55 Oil Price in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0 0;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/img\/sites\/ino\/email\/7551.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Boslego - INO.com Contributor - Energies\" width=\"350\" height=\"131\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-30488\" style=\"padding-top: 10px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0;\"><br style=\"clear:both;\"><\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia's energy minister, Khalid Al-Falih, clarified his position on the cuts and oil price target. After the meeting with non-OPEC producers, there was a press conference, and the media reported that he had implied Saudi Arabia would make deeper cuts than agreed at the OPEC meeting. Also many commentators seem to think Saudi Arabia\u2019s price objective is in the $60s or $70s. <\/p>\n<p>But in conjunction with announcing Saudi Arabia's 2017 budget, Mr. Al-Falih <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2016-12-22\/saudi-arabia-s-energy-minister-sees-oil-recovering-on-opec-cuts\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> that the kingdom sees no need for addition production cuts than the ones already pledged by the OPEC and some non-OPEC producers. He said the market intervention is intended only to \"nudge along\" the re-balancing of an oversupplied global oil market. He said he expects oil prices to rise \"tangibly\" from the 2016 average, and assumes oil will average $55 in 2017 and $61 in 2018. OPEC's Reference Basket (ORB) was $52.25 on December 21st, so it appears prices are close to where he expects them to average next year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/img\/sites\/ino\/email\/8130.jpg\" width=\"482\" height=\"290\" alt=\"OPEC Basket Price Crude Oil\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Economists have estimated that the new Saudi 2017 budget is based on oil prices in a range of $47 to $55\/b. Al-Falih said that the budgeted oil price is a \"conservative\" scenario.<!--more--> <\/p>\n<p>In OPEC's World Oil Outlook, released in November, OPEC <a href=\"http:\/\/seekingalpha.com\/article\/4021260-opecs-world-oil-outlook-shocker\" target=\"_blank\">assumed<\/a> its OPEC Reference Basket (ORB) will average $45 in 2017 and gradually increase by $5 per year through 2021. That implies it will not be until 2020 that crude reaches $60 per barrel. The Outlook was published after OPEC's \"Algiers Accord\" limiting production to 32.5-33.0 million barrels per day (mmbd). The Outlook also estimated the \"call on OPEC oil\" to average 33.0 mmbd in 2017, 33.4 in 2018, and 33.7 mmbd in 2019-2021. <\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #003380; font-size: 17px;\">U.S. Oil Policies Friendly?<\/h2>\n<p>Al-Falih commented that the policies of President-elect Trump, and selection of Exxon-Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson, are \"friendly to oil.\" But I think he may be misinterpreting Trump's <a href=\"http:\/\/seekingalpha.com\/article\/4023773-opecs-headaches-just-starting-trumps-energy-plan\" target=\"_blank\">America First Energy Plan<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>On the campaign trail, Trump ad said: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\"American energy dominance will be declared a strategic economic and foreign policy goal of the United States. We will become, and stay, totally independent of any need to import energy from the OPEC cartel or any nations hostile to our interests.\"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/12\/21\/politics\/donald-trump-tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\">discussing<\/a> a proposal to impose tariffs as high as 10% on imports. The government already <a href=\"http:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/articles\/07\/oil-tax-break.asp\" target=\"_blank\">provides<\/a> tax benefits for oil and gas, such as the depletion allowance. It could enlarge these types of incentives to encourage full employment in the energy sector, as Trump has stated, without causing oil prices to rise, which has an inflationary effect. <\/p>\n<p>People often do not know that the U.S. currently imports just 24% of its oil on a net basis, considering both imports and exports. When prices were higher, shale oil added about 2 million barrel per day of liquids production (including natural gas liquids) in 2014. With net imports at 4.9 million barrels per day, it would not take many years to reach oil independence.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/img\/sites\/ino\/email\/8131.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"443\" alt=\"U.S. Oil Import Dependency \" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Such an achievement would bring large benefits beyond employment. It would improve the balance of payments, which would be highly supportive for the dollar. It would also reduce America's need to defend oil fields in the Middle East. <\/p>\n<p>If Trump is able to get the American oil industry pumping a lot more oil, OPEC's recent problems will seem minor compared to the issues it will have to deal with in the future. <\/p>\n<p>Check back to see my next post!<\/p>\n<p>Best,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ino.com\/blog\/meet-ino-com-contributor-robert-boslego\/\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Boslego<\/a><br \/>\nINO.com Contributor - Energies<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px; font-style: italic;\">Disclosure: This contributor does not own any stocks mentioned in this article. This article is the opinion of the contributor themselves. The above is a matter of opinion provided for general information purposes only and is not intended as investment advice. 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