The report said a price recovery is expected to cause the most pain among companies drilling in the United States, who rely mostly on hydraulic fracturing, which isn't profitable unless
the average global price of oil is around $ 60 per barrel.
Not exact matches
It also gradually phased out subsidies that kept retail fuel cheap, causing
prices at the pump to climb by an
average of nearly 25 % since 2014, even though
global oil prices fell by as much as 75 % during that period.
Joint cuts
of 1.8 million b / d have reduced OECD
oil inventories towards their five - year
average and cleared most
of the
global glut, with the Saudis cutting even deeper than agreed in an attempt to lift
prices well above US$ 80 before selling off shares in Aramco.
The
average price for a gallon
of unleaded regular shot up 13 cents in just three days last week in response to a spike in crude
oil prices on the
global market.
A recent report from real estate services firm CBRE on investment flows from the region noted an overall drop in spending on
global real estate in 2016 and 2017, largely due to the
price of oil remaining near $ 50 a barrel on
average.