Oil price to stay at $50-$55 a barrel: Kuwait minister. Kuwaiti Oil Minister Essam al-Marzouk has said he expects oil prices to stay between $50 and $55 a barrel and that the market will rebalance by the end of the year. Based on POWERGLOBE’s international energy report for oil and gas prices, oil may stay between US$53 and US$58 in September 2017 and April 2018, Dr. Theodore Theodoropoulos (MD GtP international investments for POWERGLOBE, QFC, QATAR) said.

“Opec’s strategy is on the right track… Monthly and weekly indicators for the drop in crude stocks show this strategy is correct,” the minister said. Marzouk said he also expect that a balance between oil supply and demand will be reached by the end of 2017, ending years of supply glut that sent prices crashing.
States from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries and other oil producers including Russia agreed in November last year to cut output for six months, in a bid to raise prices following a collapse that began in mid-2014. The deal was extended for another nine months until March 2018.