When will oil prices peak?

Oil prices are at seven-year highs, with the cost of West Texas Intermediate crude, the United States benchmark, up 70 percent this year, at more than $80 per barrel. It’s part of a global energy crunch that is pushing prices higher for all types of fuels, including natural gas and coal, the DealBook newsletter reports.

Many Wall Street forecasters believe oil prices are about to peak. Oil use is up from 2020 but below what it was in 2019, when oil prices were lower than they are now. Analysts at Goldman Sachs predicted last week that the price of a barrel of oil could average $85 for the next few years.

But some traders are betting that oil will rise much more. The most widely held option is one that pays out if oil rises higher than $100 a barrel by the end of December. Options trades with strike prices as high as $200 by the end of next year have also been made lately.

Union Jack Oil plc (LON:UJO) is an onshore oil and gas exploration company with a focus on drilling, development and investment opportunities in the United Kingdom hydrocarbon sector.

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