INDUSTRY leaders at the World Economic Forum on East Asia have said they expect oil prices to rise further. The leaders, meeting in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, said the long-term view was that demand for oil is growing. Oil prices are around their highest levels for the year. The price of Brent crude was at $63 a barrel on Tuesday, up 40% from its January low of $45 a barrel and near its high for the year of $65.

Oil prices more than halved in the second half of last year, as falling demand and high levels of output caused a glut in supply. Melody Boone Meyer, president of Asia-Pacific exploration and production at US energy giant Chevron, said that dramatic falls were not an uncommon feature of the oil market. “The price of oil in the last 30 years has fallen five times by 50%,” she said at the forum. “There’s a surplus of supply right now, and inevitably the decline will occur.”

It was important to continue with projects that were in development, she added, emphasising that Chevron had a lot of projects that are well supported at these price levels. Shahril Shamsuddin, group chief executive at Malaysia’s SapuraKencana Petroleum, backed that view: “The light at the end of the tunnel is that, in the long term, demand is growing and over the next two to three years we will see prices come to an optimum level.”

But the chief executive of GE Indonesia, Handry Satriago, said that a lot of its customers in the country were delaying projects because of the slump in prices. “Since last year we experienced some delay, but last year was because of the political situation of the country,” he said. “We were having the election, and a new government, but now that delay has became more delayed due to the current situation.” The company has been trying to work with partners to “keep projects warm” and not to cancel them. “We show our commitment to them [oil partners], that we are here and we continue to support and work together,” he said. “We also lobby to the government to make sure that the project can continue.” With Asia expected to become a net importer of oil in the next decade as consumption booms, government officials said it was necessary to secure energy supplies, even with falling prices.

Natig Aliyev, minister of energy of Azerbaijan, said energy was the main factor in the stability and development of each country. “To develop our economy, we have to secure our energy supply and demand,” he said, adding that Indonesia was the country’s second-biggest export market. Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous country, lost its position as South East Asia’s sole nation in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) in 2008 after it became a net oil importer.

SOURCE http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/oil-prices-will-hit-optimum-level-as-demand-grows/#sthash.bMy6yHxP.dpuf

Thank God!

It is good to know that it is going to hit 'optimum level' , but not under that petrodollar-loving jonathan and his his courtesan called Diezani.

Even oil price fall sef take style campaign for Buhari. After we've succeeded in booting gej out, it is about to rise again.
When Baba said oil price can be stabilized, you all thought he was not asked by God to pass that message- now it is happening.

Sai Baba PTF and overseer of our refineries!

We saw it coming. After all, Buhari said he stabilise the oil price. Sai.

ok na

vislabraye:
We saw it coming. After all, Buhari said he stabilise the oil price. Sai.

Misyarn.
Stop reminding people of that B.S jare.
That was a messed-up presentation. People who have a say in that are the major exporters and the chief consumers.
Nigeria is there, but not 'so there'

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We'll be waiting. We have seen it all n nothing trips us anymore

I hope demand will grow base on the forcast