Traders Expect Oil Prices to Remain Above $81 for the Next 12 Months

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Affected assets and topics

$OIL OIL

Expected market reaction

Bearish Confidence 60% How confidence is read Horizon: Short term Impact: Moderate

Evidence trail

Evidence
Source OilPrice.com
Claim Traders Expect Oil Prices to Remain Above $81 for the Next 12 Months
Affected assets OIL
AI inference Bearish · 60%
Generated 2026-05-21 09:00

AI provenance

Analysed by Rule-Based Analysis not AI Methodology v1.0 Generated
Technical identifiers
Provider tag
free-analysis-rule-based-analysis
Analysis version
free-analysis-rule-based-analysis
Article id
86238
Timeframe
6h

Prediction lifecycle

  • Rule-Based Analysis not AI OIL Bearish 60% 6h
    Generated 6h Excluded

    Expired: not evaluated within 7 days of its 6h timeframe elapsing

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Original source

Oil prices are set to average between $81 and $100 per barrel over the next 12 months as demand destruction will help balance a market that continues to price in a lasting war risk premium, a Bloomberg Intelligence survey showed on Thursday. More than 40% of the 126 respondents in the survey of asset managers and energy market strategists believe that demand destruction will be the single biggest driver of efforts at balancing the market amid the worst oil supply shock in history. Another 21% say that re-routing and adjustments to logistics…

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Original article published by OilPrice.com on May 21, 2026. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.

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