Piper Sandler Raises Mid-Cycle Oil Forecast, Upgrades Occidental Petroleum and Murphy Oil
Piper Sandler raised its mid-cycle forecast for West Texas Intermediate crude to $75 a barrel from $70 and upgraded Occidental Petroleum and Murphy Oil to Overweight from Neutral. The brokerage cited a more than 2 million barrels-per-day swing in its 2026 global oil balance, lingering uncertainty tied to the Iran conflict, and company-specific deve…