My crystal ball is working overtime trying to figure out what the future of oil prices will look like. You’ve already heard one of the scenarios, but here’s another POTENTIAL way this could play out.
The Saudis could get frustrated with other oil producers not cutting production, and flood the market with oil. We’re talking 3 million barrels per day, which would drive prices down below $50 per barrel. This would have an outsized impact on higher cost producers like Angola, Venezuela, and Nigeria.
These countries could face economic instability because of this, but they’re not getting the worst of it. The Russian oil fields are hard and expensive to operate, should production drop during a price war, it may never recover. Oh, and the US will be fine thanks to low-cost shale production.
Okay, I’ll go get the popcorn and you grab the sodas.