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Goldman cuts 2023 oil price forecast due to weakening demand outlook

September 27, 202211:37 AM Reuters0 Comments

Goldman Sachs on Tuesday cut its 2023 oil price forecast due to expectations of weaker demand and a stronger U.S. dollar, but said the ongoing global supply disappointments only reinforced its long-term bullish outlook.

Goldman’s commodities research division lowered the forecast for next year by $17.5 per barrel on average, even as it saw a seasonally adjusted global oil market deficit in the fourth quarter of 2022 and in 2023.

It revised its oil price forecast lower by $19 per barrel on average for the period stretching from the fourth quarter of 2022 to the fourth quarter of 2023 and sees global oil demand growing in 2023 by 2.0 million barrels per day (bpd) at current prices, versus a previous forecast of 2.5 million bpd, according to a research note issued by the investment bank.

“Even with a cautious growth outlook… the oil market remains critically tight, with still near-record low inventories and OPEC spare capacity and with supply soon set to turn supportive once again between the end of the U.S. SPR (Strategic Petroleum Reserve) sale and the expected decline in Russian production later this year,” the note said.

The short-term path for oil prices is likely to remain volatile, Goldman said, adding that a sharply appreciating dollar and lower demand expectations will continue to put downward pressure on oil for the rest of this year.

“While it may be surprising that oil is pricing such low growth expectations, this reflects the outsized exodus of investors, forced away by the extreme price volatility this spring,” it said.

It would take an economic hard landing and a contraction in global GDP growth to justify sustained lower prices, the note said.

Oil prices, which touched a nine-month low on Monday, were up more than 2% on the back of supply curbs in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico due to Hurricane Ian and a slightly weaker dollar.

Goldman does not expect OPEC to increase its production quotas this year and sees the oil exporting group stabilizing output near current levels through 2023.

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