Jonathan Barratt

It seems the oil market is looking at Saudi Arabia's aggressive supply cuts and Chinese aggressive stimulus.

Jonathan Barratt

Situation of a developing shortage might arise if the Sino-U.S. trade war goes away, the Chinese economy kicks into gear, Brexit is solved and the United States make good threats on Iran.

Jonathan Barratt

Geopolitical issues in West Africa and the Middle East, supply outages, increased demand and maybe a touch of a weaker dollar have all helped push prices higher.

Jonathan Barratt

It's hard to trade with the current volatility in oil prices, we've run up from $44 a barrel on economic growth and outages. Are we now at the top end? Does that mean at $49-$50 a barrel we'll get U.S. oil shale production starting up?

Jonathan Barratt

There are two things. There has been a fantastic rise in prices so I think in the Asian time zone there's been a little bit of profit-taking, the second thing is that while we're waiting for more official inventory data, investors are thinking: 'Are prices warranted at these levels?'.

Jonathan Barratt

There's no reason for a freeze when oil is at $50 a barrel. If oil prices move back to $35 a barrel there'll be rhetoric and action for an output cap; at $50 a barrel there'll just be rhetoric.

Jonathan Barratt

Oil prices are at a level where OPEC countries are all struggling. They are selling oil for cashflow not for profit, u.S. producers are holding out, but I think they're bleeding as well.

Jonathan Barratt

U.S. producers are holding out, but I think they're bleeding as well, looking at current prices, oil producers will engineer something to push prices higher.

Jonathan Barratt

The market is taking the view that governments will not allow economies to falter. These expectations suggest more active economic development will force consumption to go up.

Jonathan Barratt

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If the (downward) trend continues it shows supply is being eaten into.

Jonathan Barratt

It's all about the numbers, the market is taking the view that governments will not allow economies to falter. These expectations suggest more active economic development will force consumption to go up.

Jonathan Barratt

The figures show nothing really concrete, although they err on the side of a little bit of weakness in the economy and the way is open for more stimulus.

Jonathan Barratt

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