Oil Search – Algo Buy Signals

Posted on | by Leon Hinde

Oil Search is a current holding in our ASX 100 model portfolio.

We continue to rate OSH as a buy within the large cap oil and gas space. The strength of its earnings and quality of its growth profile should deliver long term shareholder value.

The market remains too conservative on the upside potential of the PNG expansion and optionality on Alaska projects.

Value at $7.25 – $7.50 as an entry point.

 

 

 

Crude Oil Continues To Slide Lower

Posted on | by Todd

The price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil dropped over 7% and reached a 14-month low of $50.15 in overnight trade in New York.

Yesterday’s price action extends the rout in crude oil to over 35% since posting a high of $76.90 on October 3rd.

In response, Saudi officials announced that they will attend next week’s G-20 summit in Argentina to meet with US and Russian representatives in front of the OPEC meeting on December 6th in Vienna.

Local oil names STO, OSH and WPL are all under ALGO buy signals and will stand to benefit from any indication that OPEC will cut production into 2019.

We see chart support for OSH at $7.00, STO near $5.25 and WPL in the $31.00 area.

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Local Oil Names Rebound In Front Of OPEC Meeting

Posted on | by Todd

The price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Crude oil surged to a 4-year high of $76.90 just over a month ago.

Since then WTI prices have plummeted almost 30% and reached a low of $54.70 this week.

It’s clear that the market overestimated the impact of Iranian sanctions, increases in Non-OPEC production and the forecasts for lower oil demand in 2019 from the EIA.

Aside from the technically oversold conditions, the OPEC producers have hinted that they will take measures to shore up crude oil prices when they meet in Vienna on December 6th.

After trading to 18-months lows earlier this week, both WPL and OSH are now under ALGO buy signals.

We consider a price reversion to higher levels a likely outcome with initial resistance for WPL at $35.05 and OSH at $8.15.

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Oil Search

Buy Oil Search

Posted on | by Leon Hinde

Our ALGO Engine generated a buy signal in Oil Search at $7.50 on October 30th.

With LNG prices firming, we recommend investors accumulate OSH shares at current levels.

OSH is our preferred value opportunity even though WPL and STO also look reasonable over the medium-term.

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Buy Signals In Local Energy Names

Posted on | by Leon Hinde

West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Crude Oil price dropped 1.3% overnight to post their worst monthly performance in over two years.

The combination of trade wars, the global equity market slump and increasing oil stockpiles has raised concerns about oil demand, which pushed the WTI price 10.8% lower during October.

However, with official US sanctions on Iranian oil set to begin on November 4th, some analysts are looking for a bounce in crude oil prices.

Our ALGO engine is currently showing buy signals in the local oil names: WPL, STO and OSH.

We look for all three of this stocks to firm over the near-term with OSH reflecting the best value on a relative basis

IEA Announces A Rise In Crude Production

Posted on | by Todd

Recent hurricane activity in the US has overshadowed a report from the International Energy Agency which showed daily Crude Oil production from OPEC climbed by 420,000 barrels for the month of August to just over 32 million barrels per day.

That increase in output has more than made up for the potential decline in Iranian production due to US economic sanctions.

With this in mind, we see topping patterns in both WPL and OSH on the daily charts.

We don’t have recent signals on either stock at the moment.

However, we would expect the recent increase in production, coupled with the risk of lower demand, will put downside pressure on both of these names over the near term.

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Local Oil Names Drop Sharply After WTI Spikes Lower

Posted on | by Todd

Shares of ASX oil names are under pressure in early trade as West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil (WTI) prices dropped over  4% overnight.

WTI prices fell by close to $4.00 per barrel to $70.40 as a confluence of bearish news hit the market.

Increased trade friction between the US and China pushed WTI lower in Asian tarde, while news that Liyba and Saudi Arabia have increased production by a combined 800,000 barrels per day pushed the market through key support levels.

As illustrated in the chart below, WTI has rallied more than $10.00 over the last 5 weeks, which now places initial support $3.00 lower near $67.00.

Similarly, local oil names, OSH, STO, WPL and ORG have rallied over the last month and appear to have more downside price potential over the near-term.

OSH will announce their quarterly production report next Tuesday and STO and WPL will release their reports next Thursday.

We have traded both sides of these names over the last 12 months and will update with specific entry levels near lower technical support areas over the medium-term.

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