Morgan Stanley expects Brent Crude prices to average $70 per barrel in the second half of 2025, up from a $66-$68 a barrel range expected previously, after OPEC+ delayed the beginning of its production increase and slowed the pace of the output hikes into 2026. The OPEC+ alliance decided on Thursday to delay the start of the easing of the 2.2 million barrels per day (bpd) cuts to April 2025, from January 2025. The group also extended the period in which it would unwind all these cuts until September 2026. The delay and the slower ramp-up in OPEC+’s…
