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Stephen Simko
EUR 147.86 For Business Accounts Only

Nothing Novel About It: OPEC Adds a Twist to the Plot, but the Ending Is Unchanged

OPEC's announced production cuts this week represent a positive near-term development for world oil markets, removing more than 1 million barrels per day from an oversupplied system. Even after factoring in the inevitable U.S. shale response to higher crude prices, OPEC's cuts point to a meaningful supply deficit next year. Consequently, we are raising our 2017 WTI price to $60 per barrel, up from $50 previously.
Improved near-term fundamentals come at a cost, however. Even a modest recovery in ...
Underlying
Baytex Energy Corp.

Baytex Energy is a conventional oil and gas company engaged in the acquisition, development and production of petroleum and natural gas in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin and the United States. As of Dec 31 2010, total proved reserves for light and medium oil consisting of 18,416 thousand barrels gross (15,335 thousand barrels net), heavy oil consisting of 104,978 thousand barrels gross (87,384 thousand barrels net), natural gas liquids consisting of 2,825 thousand barrels gross (2,015 thousand barrels net) and natural gas consisting of 83,800 million cubic feet gross (70,300 million cubic feet net).

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Stephen Simko

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