“This is a trend.
Nothing has changed from the situation a week ago, nothing has changed, just a general upward trend.
After OPEC + at the last meeting confirmed the invariability of its plans to increase production, ”the expert explained.
He stressed that in his opinion, these plans are very conservative and they "do not imply an ultra-fast increase in production."
“Against the background of general problems with gas, against the background of the fact that resource consumption is growing all over the world, of course, the trend is increasing,” Pikin concluded.
Earlier, according to trading data, the price of a barrel of Brent crude exceeded $ 85.