Oil
will stabilize around $55 to $65 a barrel as OPEC fulfills its agreement to cut
output, with stockpiles and shale production keeping prices from rising much
more, the Middle East head of Lukoil PJSC said.
Russia’s
second-largest oil producer hasn’t had to reduce production in Iraq as a result
of the curbs pledged by OPEC, Gati Al-Jebouri said Monday in a Bloomberg
television interview. Lukoil’s output in Iraq is about 400,000 barrels a day,
he said. OPEC’s cutbacks have brought a period of stability to the market, he
said.
“We
have a lid because of shale oil and we have a bottom because of the already
proven decision and willingness of OPEC to maintain prices at a reasonable
level,” Al-Jebouri said.
The
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, working in concert with 11 other
producers such as Russia, reached agreement last year to reduce output to clear
a persistent oil glut and revive prices. Brent crude oil, a global benchmark,
has rebounded about 20 percent since OPEC decided at the end of November to
restrict supplies for six months starting Jan. 1. Brent rose 0.8 percent to
$56.46 a barrel by 11:32 a.m. in Dubai.
Lukoil
is seeking opportunities for growth in the Middle East as Iran opens more of
its oil fields to international partners and other countries need technology to
develop deposits, Al-Jebouri said. Lukoil is in talks with National Iranian Oil
Co., the Persian Gulf country’s state producer, about the Ab Teymour and
Mansouri oil fields in western Iran, he said.
The
company is also interested to pump oil from offshore fields in Abu Dhabi and to
produce heavy crude in Oman and Kuwait. Abu Dhabi, holder of most of the oil in
the United Arab Emirates, is preparing to seek partners for the offshore fields
by 2018, he said.
Source: www.oilpro.com
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