USOIL, Daily
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) reduced it’s oil price forecasts for 2023, and it also cut estimates for US crude production.
According to the Short-Term Energy Outlook report for March 2023, the average price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil is expected to record an average $77.10 per barrel in 2023, which represents a decrease of 1%, compared to $77.84 in it’s February estimates.
Meanwhile the EIA kept its expectations for Brent and West Texas crude next year (2024) at $76.58 and $71.57 a barrel, respectively, according to the report seen by the Energy Research Unit.
Regarding oil price expectations the EIA reduced its estimates for the price of Brent crude by 0.8%, to reach the level of $82.95 a barrel during the current year, compared to $83.63 a barrel in the previous forecast.
The reduction in oil price expectations in 2023 comes with the rise in global oil stocks to an expected level of 2.893 billion barrels by the end of the fourth quarter of 2023, compared to 2.774 billion barrels in the same quarter of 2022.
In the past year (2022), it is estimated that Brent crude recorded a level of $100.94 per barrel, while US crude reached $94.91 per barrel, and the average oil production in the United States decreased to 12.44 million barrels.
USOIL, H4
Oil prices declined negatively, breaking $77.05 levels and settling below it, and now prices are under negative pressure. It is expected that prices are on their way down to test $74.99 levels, noting that exceeding this level will push the price to more losses and head towards $73.71 in the near term and $72.35, while consolidation above it will lead the price to start recovery attempts, targeting a visit to $80.90 levels .
USOIL, Daily
Daily prices are still trading within the range of $70.40 and $83.25 which are getting narrower in a symmetrical triangle pattern. Prices tend to fluctuate between $75.87 as minor support and $80.93 as minor resistance. Currently, USOil is below the BB middle line and the 100-day EMA (blue line). Stochs. are very stable in the dominant sideway range. A move below $75.87 could test $73.76 and $70.40 , while a move above $80.93 could test $83.25 and a move above the 200 day EMA (red line), could pursue the neckline around $92.00.
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