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Dave Meats
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
Laredo Petroleum Inc.

Laredo Petroleum is an independent energy company focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of oil and natural gas properties, and midstream and marketing services, primarily in the Permian Basin of West Texas. The Permian Basin is comprised of several distinct geological provinces, including the Midland Basin to the east, the Delaware Basin to the west and the Central Platform in the middle. The company's primary development and production fairway is located on the east side of the Midland Basin, 35 miles east of Midland, TX. The company's acreage is contiguous in the neighboring Texas counties of Howard, Glasscock, Reagan, Sterling and Irion.

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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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