Supply constraints, inflated import costs and falling natural gas prices to weigh on break-evens
Energy Intelligence’s updated external break-even price modeling – part of our proprietary long-term supply/demand forecasts – indicates that the 2023 average price needed by Opec-plus producers rose to about $77/bbl, driven by lower volumes and inflated import costs.
Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Russia, the group’s most influential producers, are all expected to see their external break-even prices rise in 2023, although they are likely to remain comfortably below the $70/bbl point this year. Notably, constraints on Russia’s exports that have pushed it to offer steep discounts are now likely to see it sustain elevated break-even prices indefinitely.
Longer term, we now see producers running even higher break-evens out to the mid-decade point. Critically, many of the group’s most vulnerable producers are likely to see break-evens rise well above $80/bbl in the coming years.
If this path continues, it will likely help solidify support for Opec-plus’ current market strategy supporting oil prices above $80/bbl.
Energy Intelligence’s External Break-Even Price Outlook is a proprietary analysis of the average external break-even price – which measures the oil price needed to pay for imports and balance external accounts – needed by the Opec-plus group.
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