Alternatives

April 1, 2022

E&P Second Quarter 2022

Permian Basin

Executive Summary

Both oil and gas commodity prices rose in the second quarter of 2022, with WTI and Henry Hub front-month futures prices floating around $121/bbl and $9/mmbtu in mid-June, as Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in late February.  Issues with financing and insurance and the exit of Western oil companies and oilfield service providers from Russia resulted in a substantial decline in oil exports from the country.  With no indications of any near-term resolution of the RussianUkraine war and a continued outlook of relatively flat production in the U.S., global energy prices have no foreseeable inflection point at the moment.

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