Chevron CEO Sees Oil Prices Rebounding On Tightening Supply

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Oil · 14 July, 2022

Chevron CEO Sees Oil Prices Rebounding On Tightening Supply

Oil prices might be down on Wednesday, but that situation could be short-lived, according to Chevron CEO Michael Wirth, who spoke at the CNBC Evolve Global Summitt on Wednesday.

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According to Wirth, the market is still tight,
recession or no recession.

 

“The tightness in supply hasn’t gone away,” Wirth
said. “I think it’s great for the economy that prices have moderated, but I
also see the risks remaining skewed towards the upside.”

 

Oil prices slipped below $100 per barrel on Wednesday
in volatile trade as the United States said that the CPI had risen by 9.1% over
the last 12 months. In turn, this could lower the demand for gasoline and crude
oil.

 

According to Wirth, the United States is already
seeing some demand destruction on the backs of higher oil prices. On Wednesday,
fresh EIA figures suggested that implied gasoline demand in the United States
had fallen by 1.3 million bpd from the previous week. GasBuddy’s Patrick De
Haan said that the huge demand destruction might not be from end users
moderating how much gasoline they purchase, but rather on gas stations delaying
purchases from wholesalers—holding out for more favorable pricing as the cost
of gasoline continues to dip.

 

“Today’s EIA data showed a massive plunge in implied
gasoline demand- stations may have really throttled back buying gasoline
waiting for prices to plunge,” De Haan said on Twitter on Wednesday.

 

With supplies tight, and President Biden and the oil
companies finding themselves in the crosshairs of high prices, Wirth said that
Chevron continues to work with the U.S. government to raise output. According
to Wirth, oil companies can increase production while investing to increase
production and returning cash to shareholders. “We can do it all,” Wirth said.

 
























By Julianne Geiger / Jul 13, 2022, 6:30 PM