An OPEC freeze could add $10 to oil prices

REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko Oil barrel prices could climb between US$7 and US$10 by the end of the first half of 2017, according to Goldman Sachs analysts. Yesterday, OPEC surprised nearly everyone and reached a deal to curtail oil production. And now, if all members of OPEC strictly comply with their new quotas, which are to be (and that’s a reasonable “if”) agreed upon at the November meeting of the organization, Goldman is predicting a sizable recovery for the price of a barrel of oil. For t...