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Global
Equity Research
Energy / Oil & Gas
Oil Prices
SECTOR REVIEW
The Next Cycle Could Be Different
■ Changes to Our Supply-Demand Model Lead to Greater Tightening:
We’ve made a number of adjustments to our supply and demand model.
Higher demand estimates have trumped raised supply potential to lead to a
net tightening of spare capacity relative to our prior forecasts. This is
supportive of near-term prices. We raised oil prices to $80/bbl from $70/bbl,
with a new trading range of $70-90/bbl. The futures strip is in the
mid-$80s/bbl through 2010 and slightly above $90/bbl through to 2015.
■ Demand Momentum Might Peak in Coming Quarters: Oil prices have
nearly doubled in the past 12-months as the US ISM and global IP
momentum rapidly recovered off its lows. This has happened in the face of
high spare capacity. We might be moving into an end game. Oil prices will
likely continue to receive support from rising demand estimates as the
OECD takes over from non-OECD as the source of incremental positive oil
demand news flow. However, IP may be peaking. Oil prices typically
stabilise or roll-over once IP has peaked. The debate will then shift to the
next phase.
■ Tightening Markets Expected Through to 2013: Demand is expected to
outpace supply growth through 2013. This will lead to a tightening of spare
capacity to as low as 3MBD by 2013. There remains a residual risk that the
oil price up-cycle reignites, if demand recovers more strongly than our raised
forecasts today or if supply falls short. We note that OPEC stands ready to
add barrels to the market if substantial oil price upside above $85/bbl
materialises.
■ A Very Different World Might Emerge Beyond 2015: While it’s too early to
impact oil prices, a different world may emerge as we look further ahead.
We’ve included a “what-if” analysis that evaluates what would happen if
Russian Tax reform came through, if recent discoveries made their way into
production, if Iraq delivered 5mbd by 2017, and if the market levers on
demand (gas substitution and lower energy intensity) started working their
magic in the OECD, China and the Middle East. Under these circumstances,
global spare capacity would at first fall to 4MBD in 2013-14, but then start
rising sharply after 2015. Pricing in this world would likely be very different to
the fear that has placed a bid under oil prices this past decade. In the
recovery phase evidence to support this “what-if” might be difficult to find,
but we are monitoring the data closely.
Research Analysts
Prashant Gokhale
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Edward Westlake
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Jonathan Wolff, CFA
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Brian Dutton
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Brad Handler
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Emerson Leite, CFA
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James Neale
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james.neale@credit-suisse.com
Mark Henderson
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mark.henderson.2@credit-suisse.com
Arun Jayaram, CFA
212 538 8428
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Tao Ly
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tao.ly@credit-suisse.com
Kim Fustier
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kim.fustier@credit-suisse.com
14 April 2010
Oil Prices 2
Focus Charts
Figure 1: Global IP Growth Cycles vs Oil Price Figure 2: Change in Global Oil Demand Estimates
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Figure 5: Global Oil Spare Capacity—Risked and Blue-Sky
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14 April 2010
Oil Prices 3
Demand Momentum Might Peak in Coming Quarters
Oil prices have nearly doubled in the past 12-months as the US ISM and global IP
momentum rapidly recovered off its lows. This has happened in the face of high spare
capacity. In the last recession, Oil prices peaked about 5 months after the peak in Global
IP momentum. Our economists believe that global IP momentum is peaking now. Oil
prices may well continue to rally during this 5-6 month timeframe, we think. There is still
residual momentum in oil demand growth—OECD demand in particular is yet to fire.
Recent OECD data points, especially in the US have been more positive and some of this
is being priced in. Further improvement in OECD data points could keep oil prices
supported through 3Q.
In this report, we outline our view of what might happen next. We believe global capacity
will tighten through 2013. Sluggish non-OPEC supply is not able to offset rising demand.
This tightening of capacity, albeit from high levels, will likely keep prices elevated in the
$70-90/bbl range. Given sluggish non-OPEC supply through 2013, there remains a
residual risk that the oil price up-cycle reignites, if demand recovers more strongly than our
raised forecasts today or if supply falls short. We note that OPEC stands ready to add
barrels to the market if substantial oil price upside above $85/bbl materialises. We are
raising our WTI oil price forecast from $70/bbl flat, to $80/bbl flat.
Beyond 2013, an interesting debate is emerging. Unsurprisingly given increased spending
across the industry, the medium term supply picture has more options today to offset
mature decline than we would have outlined several years ago. Notably, Iraq is opening
up, the giant pre-salt and other discoveries in Brazil together with new discoveries
elsewhere offer the prospect of strong growth in offshore production, and Russia is
considering tax reform. On the demand side, a price shock is leading consumers and
governments to shift consumption patterns. In aggregate, these effects could tilt the
balance towards higher spare capacity in the second half of this decade.
Tightening Spare Capacity in Coming Years
Our deep dive of global upstream projects suggests that supply is slightly higher on an
absolute basis than earlier forecasts (+300kbd near term). Growth in non OPEC is still
sluggish beyond 2010 and our demand revisions are even greater. We expect global
demand to grow 1.7mbd in 2010, 2mbd in 2011 (or 2% and 2.3% pa) and at 0.9-1.4mbd
thereafter on a normalized basis. Spare capacity should fall—suggesting that the market
will have a tightening bias. We expect spare capacity to average closer to 3mbd in 2013-
2014 versus 6MBD today.
At this point in the cycle (2103-2104), we believe that the market might be most vulnerable
to a “melt up”—vulnerable to demand being stronger than expected and supply being
weaker than expected. In Q407/1Q2008, headline spare capacity of around 2.5mbd,
cheap money, tight refining, and visions of very strong demand growth were enough of a
mixture to set oil prices alight.
But It Could Be a Very Different World if…..
Our analysis also looks at what would happen if Russian Tax reform came through, if
recent discoveries made their way into production, Iraq delivered 5mbd by 2017, and if the
market levers on demand (gas substitution and lower energy intensity) started working
their magic in the OECD, China and the Middle East. Under these circumstances (and we
believe these are all independently possible) global spare capacity would at first fall to
4MBD in 2013-14, but then start rising sharply after 2015. Under this scenario, world oil
prices might settle back into a marginal pricing mode by mid-decade. What looks clear is
that the comfort of the futures curve could be challenged one way or the other.
Strengthening economy is
taking oil with it. After IP
peaks we address the
question of where to next.
Raising oil prices to $80/bbl
from $70/bbl—markets
tighten through 2013
Greater supply potential
after the middle of the
decade than we’ve seen in
some time
Spare capacity could fall to
3MBD again in 2013-14;
underpinning oil prices in
the medium term
Beyond 2014, market levers
could allow spare capacity
to grow once more
14 April 2010
Oil Prices 4
Changes to Macro Forecasts
Figure 7: New Macro Assumptions
1Q10A 2Q10E 3Q1 0E 4Q10E 20 08A 2009 A 201 0E 2011E 2012E 2013E LT
MACRO ASS UMPTIONS
Oil & Gas Prices
WTI ($ /bbl) 7 8.6 85.0 88.0 80.0 99.6 61.7 82.9 80.0 80.0 80 .0 80.0
Brent ($/bbl) 7 6.7 83.0 86.0 78.0 97.6 61.9 80.9 78.0 78.0 78 .0 78.0
US Natural Gas NYMEX ($/mcf) 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.8 8.9 4.0 5.4 6.5 7.0 7 .0 7.0
Refining Ma rgins $/bbl
US East Coa st (PADD I) 6-3-2-1 8.3 9.0 9.0 7.5 9.6 6.3 8.4 9.0 8.0 8 .0 8.3
US Midwes t (PADD II) 3-2-1 6.2 8.5 8.5 7.0 11.3 8.5 7.5 8.6 8.2 8 .5 8.5
US Gulf Coast (PADD III) 3-2-1 7.3 8.0 8.0 6.5 10.3 7.8 7.5 8.0 7.0 7 .0 7.0
US Rock ies (PADD IV) 3-2-1 1 4.3 15.0 15.0 13.5 26.3 14.5 14.5 15.0 14.0 14 .5 14.8
US West Coa st (PADD V ) 5-3-1 1 1.2 13.5 13.5 12.0 17.6 13.8 12.6 13.5 12.5 13 .0 14.0
NW Europe (Rotterdam) 20-6-1 5.5 4.8 4.8 4.8 10.8 4.5 5.0 5.4 7.0 7 .0 7.0
Asia-P acific (Singapore) 6-2-3 - 8.1 6.0 6.0 6.0 13.2 5.6 6.5 7.0 7.0 7 .0 7.0
Crude Oil Price Discounts $/bbl
US Heavy (WTI-Maya) 8.9 11.0 11.0 11.0 15.7 5.2 10.5 11.0 11.0 11 .0 9.5
US Medium Sour (WTI-MARS) 2.9 3.5 4.0 4.0 6.1 1.4 3.6 4.5 4.5 4 .5 4.5
US Sour (W TI-WTS) 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.8 1.5 2.0 2.0 2.0 2 .0 2.0
EU Sour (Brent-Urals ) 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.8 0.7 1.5 1.5 1.5 1 .5 1.5
1Q10A 2Q10E 3Q1 0E 4Q10E 20 08A 2009 A 201 0E 2011E 2012E 2013E LT
OLD MACRO ASSUM PTIONS
Oil & Gas Prices
W TI ($/bbl) 7 0.0 70.0 70.0 70.0 99.6 61.7 70.0 70.0 70.0 70 .0 70.0
Brent ($/bbl) 6 8.0 68.0 68.0 68.0 97.6 61.9 68.0 68.0 68.0 68 .0 68.0
US Natural Gas NYMEX ($/mcf) 4.8 5.3 5.3 5.8 8.9 4.0 5.3 6.5 7.0 7 .0 7.0
Refining Ma rgins $/bbl
US East Coast (PADD I) 6-3 -2-1 6.7 9.5 7.6 8.6 9.6 6.3 8.1 7.6 7.6 7 .6 7.6
US Midwest (PA DD II) 3-2-1 7.4 10.5 8.4 9.5 11.3 8.5 8.9 8.4 8.4 8 .4 8.4
US Gulf Coast (PA DD III) 3-2-1 7.0 10.0 8.0 9.0 10.3 7.8 8.5 8.0 8.0 8 .0 8.0
US Rockies (PADD IV) 3-2-1 1 0.5 15.0 12.0 13.5 26.3 14.5 12.8 12.0 12.0 12 .0 12.0
US W est Coast (PADD V) 5-3-1- 1 2.6 18.0 14.4 16.2 17.6 13.8 15.3 14.4 14.4 14 .4 14.4
NW Euro pe (Rotterdam) 20-6-11 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8 10.8 4.5 4.8 5.4 7.0 7 .0 7.0
Asia-Pacific (Singa pore) 6-2-3 -1 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 13.2 5.6 6.0 7.0 7.0 7 .0 7.0
Crude Oil Price Discounts $/bbl
US Heavy (W TI-Maya) 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 15.7 5.2 8.0 9.0 10.0 10 .0 10.0
US Medium Sour (W TI-MARS) 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 6.1 1.4 4.0 5.0 5.0 5 .0 5.0
US Sour (WTI-WTS) 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.8 1.5 2.0 2.0 2.0 2 .0 2.0
EU Sour (Bre nt-Urals) 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.8 0.7 1.5 1.5 1.5 1 .5 1.5
1Q10A 2Q10E 3Q1 0E 4Q10E 20 08A 2009 A 201 0E 2011E 2012E 2013E LT
CHANGES TO MACRO AS SUMPTIONS
Oil & Gas Prices
WTI ($/bbl) 12.4% 21.4% 25.7% 14.3% 0.0% 0 .0% 18.4% 14.3% 14.3% 1 4.3% 14.3%
Brent ($/bbl) 12.8% 22.1% 26.5% 14.7% 0.0% 0 .0% 19.0% 14.7% 14.7% 1 4.7% 14.7%
US Natural Gas NYMEX ($/mcf) 13.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0 .0% 3.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Refining Ma rgins $/bbl
US East Coast (PADD I) 6-3 -2-1 24.1% -5.3% 18.4% -12.3% 0.0% 0 .0% 4.5% 17.9% 5.3% 5.3% 8.6%
US Midwest (P ADD II) 3-2-1 -16.1% -19.0% 1.2% -25.9% 0.0% 0 .0% -15.5% 2.5% -2.4% 1.2% 1.2%
US Gulf Coast (PA DD III) 3-2-1 4.8% -20.0% 0.0% -27.8% 0.0% 0 .0% -12.2% -0.5% -12.5% -1 2.5% -12 .5%
US Rockies (PADD IV) 3-2-1 36.3% 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0 .0% 13.4% 24.7% 16.7% 2 0.8% 22.9%
US West Coast (PA DD V ) 5-3-1- -10.8% -25.0% -6.3% -25.9% 0.0% 0 .0% -17.9% -6.5% -13.2% -9.7% -2 .8%
NW Europe (Rotterdam) 20 -6-11 13.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0 .0% 3.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Asia-Pacific (Singa pore) 6-2-3 -1 34.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0 .0% 8.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Crude Oil Price Discounts $/bbl
US Heavy (WTI-Maya) 10.9% 37.5% 37.5% 37.5% 0.0% 0 .0% 30.8% 22.2% 10.0% 1 0.0% -5 .0%
US Medium S our (W TI-MARS) -26.7% -12.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0 .0% -9.8% -10.0% -10.0% -1 0.0% -10 .0%
US Sour (WTI-W TS ) -5.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0 .0% -1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
EU Sour (Bre nt-Urals) -4.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0 .0% -1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Source: Credit Suisse estimates
14 April 2010
Oil Prices 5
IP Momentum Peaking—the Initial
Tightening Phase Is Nearly Over
In the Age of Plenty, from 2004 through 2008, the world experienced a growth spurt
unprecedented in its duration. The resultant strong non-OECD oil demand growth
coincided with a period of weaker non-OPEC delivery and a general lack of upstream
investment to cause the last up-cycle. We may have dodged the bullet of a Depression
and the market is rebounding strongly out of the Great Recession but we remain
concerned that oil demand expectations embed a return to the “Age of Plenty”
environment. IP has rallied more sharply than expected but may be close to a peak. IP
rolling over may ring the bell on this phase of the recovery. Oil demand data points will
likely still improve over the balance of 2010, as the recovery momentum shifts from non-
OECD to OECD. This could sustain prices through 2Q and 3Q. However, attention will
then move to the next phase.
Figure 8: Global IP Growth Cycles vs Oil price—Good 2003-2008 was a anomaly not a
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Oil prices through 2Q and
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14 April 2010
Oil Prices 6
We looked back at the last big recession—1998/1999 to see what oil prices did as the
global economy recovered.
Oil prices rose and doubled from the time the US ISM bottomed and crossed 50. The oil
price momentum was concurrent with global IP growth bottoming out and rising. Similar to
today, Oil prices more than doubled over the 18-20 months that it took for global IP growth
to peak. Oil prices then peaked about 5-6 months after the IP peak, after which they rolled
over fell 25% and then held a range until the US invaded Iraq, Venezuela started having
problems and global IP bottomed and took off again, entering what we call an “Age of
plenty”—where China’s WTO entry sparked off a structural change, and the world entered
into a unprecedented state of growth that was unrivalled in its length, as well as breadth.
Not all cycles are similar—however there broad similarities that one can draw out. Much
like 1998/1999 global spare capacity was high this time around and much of the price
action happened despite the high spare capacity numbers. As IP momentum peaks, the
market focus is likely to shift towards the next stage of the recovery, we think.
14 April 2010
Oil Prices 7
Tightening Spare Capacity Provides
Medium-Term Support
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Reboot Firmly Entrenched: In the short term, the recovery trade is definitely on, led
mainly by non-OECD oil demand growth. OECD demand growth is sluggish in Europe and
Asia, but we are seeing signs of recovery in the United States. Prices are likely to remain
in within a $70-90/bbl range, with demand recovering and non-OPEC supply remaining
fairly stagnant through 2013. The market could even start to reflect concerns that the
tightening of spare capacity may go too far as a global economic recovery takes hold. A
melt-up in 2013 cannot be ruled out—much will depend on how the outlook beyond 2013
compares with last time around.
OPEC Stand Ready to Cap Price Upside Potential: Despite this recovery thesis, there is
ample spare capacity today and a commitment from OPEC to use this spare capacity. At
the recent oil ministerial meeting in Cancun, Mexico, the Saudi delegation sent an
unidentified spokesperson front and center to the press to draw a line in the sand: if prices
were to breach $85/bbl and stay there—the spokesperson is reported to have said—
markets should expect that the GCC countries would increase output to bring prices down.
More Refining Surplus Also: Part of the rationale for the last cycle was an inability of
refiners to process the heavy oil that constituted spare capacity. Improvements to the
refining tool since then should lessen this constraint in future
Spare capacity will likely fall
from 2010 through to 2013
14 April 2010
Oil Prices 8
Figure 12: Global Refining Demand and Supply Growth Figure 13: Spare Capacity
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