Exxon - plan for $40, hope for $80 Exxon says watch for oil shocks as demand becomes market driver
By Kevin Crowley on 3/7/2018
HOUSTON (Bloomberg) -- Soaring demand is the main reason for the rebound in oil prices -- but if the economy falters, crude could tumble back to $40/bbl, according to ExxonMobil Corp.
Cuts by OPEC countries have helped, but economic expansion is what’s “really driving demand at levels much higher than recent history,” CEO Darren Woods said Wednesday in a presentation to analysts in New York.