???? 據油價網2021年3月15日報道，來自美國投資銀行派珀·桑德勒（Piper Sandler）的克雷格?約翰遜日前表示，原油價格年內可能達到每桶100美元，并在今年年底前可能突破100美元大關。

????約翰遜是在接受CNBC記者采訪時發表上述講話的。他表示，“我可以預見，油價從現在起的未來6至12個月時間里突破100美元。”他指出，原油價格仍有強勁的上行潛力。“在我們看來，油價可能有超過40%的上行空間回到2018年創下的舊的高點，” 約翰遜如是說。

????約翰遜和其他金融專業人士一樣，對原油價格做出了樂觀的預測，這在很大程度上是受到美國國會上周批準的1.9萬億美元經濟刺激計劃的推動。人們普遍預計這個計劃將刺激美國經濟，提振石油需求。

????全球需求復蘇也是這些看漲油價預測的一個因素，盡管這種復蘇并不均衡，在亞洲(尤其是中國)的復蘇最為強勁，但在其他主要市場，恢復到新冠肺炎疫情大流行前水平的速度較慢。

????然后是供應方面。歐佩克+決定維持其720萬桶/天的減產計劃，這使得布倫特原油價格在短期內突破了70美元/桶。普林斯頓能源顧問公司表示，如果歐佩克+繼續限制產量，全球石油市場將出現約3.5% - 3.6%的需求缺口。而這一缺口確實有可能推動油價接近100美元。

????然而，即使需求有所改善，也沒有什么是確定的。據報道，中國的石油儲存空間已經滿了。在全球需求的另一個主要推動者印度，燃料油價格漲得如此之高，以致于抑制了需求。由于當前油價對印度來說太高，印度已經在為歐佩克的中東成員國尋找替代供應商。

????但是，并非所有預測者對油價都如此樂觀。路透社近期的一次調查結果顯示，被調查者一致預計今年布倫特原油價格為59.07美元/桶。根據美國銀行的調查數據，每個回答者的預測都不同，從未來5年的50-70美元/桶到今年的67美元/桶。高盛公司的預測是75美元/桶。

????李峻 編譯自 油價網

????原文如下：

????Another Investment Bank Is Betting On $100 Oil

????Crude oil could hit $100 and top it, and this could happen before this year’s end, according to Craig Johnson from investment bank Piper Sandler.

????Speaking to CNBC, Johnson said, “I could actually see a number that could be north of 100 in the next, say, six to ... 12 months from here,” noting the still strong upside potential of crude. “To us, it looks like you could have more than 40% upside to get back to the old highs in 2018”.

????Johnson joins other financial professionals in their upbeat predictions for crude oil prices, largely driven by the $1.9-trillion economic stimulus package that Congress approved last week. That is widely expected to jumpstart the U.S. economy, boosting oil demand.

????Global demand recovery is also a factor in these bullish oil price forecasts even if this recovery has been uneven, strongest in Asia and most notably China but slow to return to pre-pandemic levels in other key markets.

????Then there is the supply side. OPEC+ has decided to keep its 7.2-million-bpd production cuts, which recently drove Brent over $70 a barrel, albeit briefly. If the cartel continues to limit production, the global oil market will swing into a deficit of some 3.5-3.6 percent of demand, according to Princeton Energy Advisors. And this deficit has the genuine potential to drive oil price closer to $100.

????Yet nothing is certain, even with improving demand. China’s oil storage space is filled to capacity, according to reports. In India, another major driver of global demand, fuel prices have gone so high they are dampening demand. And the country is already looking for alternative suppliers to the Middle Eastern members of OPEC because current prices are too high for it.

????Not all forecasters are so bullish, however. A recent Reuters poll revealed a consensus price projection of $59.07 a barrel for Brent crude. Individual forecasts vary from $50-70 over the next five years, according to Bank of America, to $67 a barrel this year, according to Barclays, and $75 by the third quarter, according to Goldman Sachs.