Mikhail Krutikhin
Specialist in the oil and gas market (Russia)
Mikhail Krutikhin
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This morning Brent was at 74... If the price keeps dropping, and the overall trend for the year, I think, is downward. It’s hard to predict, but for now, I don’t see any reason for a significant price increase (Talking about oil prices)
Awaiting results September 23, 2025Mikhail Krutikhin
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Well, I don’t really believe in that scenario. Because even with the makeup of the Senate and the House of Representatives, I see that there are many supporters of continued financial and military aid to Ukraine, including within the Republican Party (In response to the question: "If it happens that after his inauguration, Trump, with a majority in both the Senate and the House, decides to either stop or significantly reduce financial aid to Ukraine to near zero, what will happen?")
Awaiting results December 31, 2025Mikhail Krutikhin
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The Americans can easily control this process of price decline. Yes, prices will decline. I am absolutely confident that oil prices will move downward
Awaiting results December 31, 2025Mikhail Krutikhin
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Colleagues from the UAE asked what the average oil price would be this year. I boldly replied that it would be 68 dollars per barrel of Brent
Awaiting results December 31, 2025Mikhail Krutikhin
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Eventually, by the end of the year—or maybe even earlier, in the fall—these countries will make a final decision (I'm already quite sure of it): let’s stop limiting production altogether. Each country will produce as much oil as it wants, as much as it can
Awaiting results December 31, 2025Mikhail Krutikhin
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Eventually, by the end of the year—or maybe even earlier, in the fall—these countries will make a final decision (I'm already quite sure of it): let’s stop limiting production altogether. Each country will produce as much oil as it wants, as much as it can (About OPEC)
Awaiting results December 31, 2025Mikhail Krutikhin
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I believe that if the cartel breaks up in the fall or by the end of the year and stops manipulating production, and each country starts producing as much as it can, then prices will drop below 50 dollars per barrel
Awaiting results December 31, 2025Mikhail Krutikhin
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I believe that a period of about 7-9 years is a very realistic timeframe in which Russia will lose the ability to be an oil exporter altogether. That is, oil will remain for the domestic market... but the revenue from exports will cease
Awaiting results December 31, 2034Mikhail Krutikhin
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I don't think that Hezbollah will recover from this blow (From the elimination by Israel of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and other important figures and targets)
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I think Iran will recover after all. I do not expect a major war there
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Economic sanctions don’t work, because over 25 years Putin has caused so much damage to the Russian economy that any new economic measures would simply be a continuation of Putin’s own policies. That doesn’t stop the war. The only thing that can stop the war is his defeat on the battlefield
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This SCO, as well as BRICS and Russia's customs unions, are purely bureaucratic inventions that won't play a role. They will not replace the dollar
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I have the impression that Syria will ultimately fall apart (After the withdrawal of Putin's troops)
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No one will be dealing with this (Europe will not invest in the construction of a gas hub on Turkish territory)
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A hope has emerged; they will not be able to suppress this movement... I believe that it will become increasingly difficult to suppress the current wave (The wave of protests in Iran)
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These four pipeline threads will not be restored by anyone (About the destroyed Nord Streams)
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