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Oil Price Will Only Rise if Middle East Conflict Escalates: Teneo

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Risk premiums now seem baked into prices around $85/b, likely due to rising non-OPEC supply growth and OPEC spare capacity, Emily Stromquist, Teneo’s Managing Director said in an interview with Gulf Intelligence.

  • “The only thing right now that could drive up prices in a more sustained way would be either a sustained attack that affected the Strait of Hormuz, or an escalation that could draw in Gulf countries.”
  • “There are no concerns about significant shortages, and there haven’t been protracted outages or significant disruptions to oil flows,” she added.
  • Stromquist also highlighted that neither Israel nor Iran seeks an expanded conflict.
  • On whether tougher US sanctions could move the needle in the market, Stromquist said that for measures to have any impact, they would need to hit the direct link of exports to China, which looks unlikely.
  • Iran’s exports are around a six-year high of 1.5m b/d, mostly to China.
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Risk premiums now seem baked into prices around $85/b, likely due to rising non-OPEC supply growth and OPEC spare capacity, Emily Stromquist, Teneo’s Managing Director said in an interview with Gulf Intelligence.

  • “The only thing right now that could drive up prices in a more sustained way would be either a sustained attack that affected the Strait of Hormuz, or an escalation that could draw in Gulf countries.”
  • “There are no concerns about significant shortages, and there haven’t been protracted outages or significant disruptions to oil flows,” she added.
  • Stromquist also highlighted that neither Israel nor Iran seeks an expanded conflict.
  • On whether tougher US sanctions could move the needle in the market, Stromquist said that for measures to have any impact, they would need to hit the direct link of exports to China, which looks unlikely.
  • Iran’s exports are around a six-year high of 1.5m b/d, mostly to China.