Goldman Sachs says oil could fall to $20 a barrel
Goldman Sachs says oil could fall to $20 a barrel
US investment bank expects oversupply to continue into next year
Terry Macalister Energy editor The Guardian
Friday 11 September 2015 17.33
The price of oil could more than halve again, to just $20 (£13) a barrel, experts at Goldman Sachs are predicting, a shift which would spell big savings for motorists but cast doubt on the viability of North Sea oilfields.
Homeowners, motorists and many industries would gain although a further price collapse could prompt thousands more job losses in the struggling North Sea sector and could eventually hit Treasury tax revenues.
Oil prices could fall to $20 a barrel says Goldman Sachs – as it happened
…but the IEA thinks OPEC’s strategy is working and forcing expensive oil out of the market.
The value of the benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude has already fallen from $107 last June to less than $44 but analysts at Goldman Sachs forecast another huge plunge in WTI. It last traded at $20 a barrel in 2002.
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There is no need for fracking, anywhere in my country. There is no national interest case. It cannot happen by consent.
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