Oil in the $50s Is New Reality for CEOs Gathering in Russia

  • Rising shale production will offset OPEC cuts: Rosneft CEO
  • Unclear how OPEC can phase out its curbs, say BP and Total

Russia's Novak Sees $50-$60 Oil This Summer

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A crude price in the $50s is the new reality for bosses of some of the world’s largest producers as output caps from OPEC and its allies are balanced out by rising U.S. shale.

Executives of energy companies from Royal Dutch Shell Plc and BP Plc to Russia’s Lukoil PJSC and Gazprom PJSC, who gathered this week at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, see an oil price of $50 to $55 at least for this year.