global insights next few months? that s s&p global insights and next few months? that s s&p global insights and our - global insights and our forecast for physical trade of brent crude is to trade about $92 a barrel and average at $8a.5 a barrel in 2023. where we are at the moment is the range we are expecting brent crude to be trading at throughout the rest of this year. there are some upside pressures that could be brought to bear here. we have an 0pec meeting coming up next month, opec in meeting coming up next month, 0pec in the last meeting and they control about 30% of the world supply, agreed to cut production. that could happen again. 0pec could continue to cut production as we get the downward pressure on prices from demand disruption from struggling economies. to try balance the market, that will try to put a flaw in the prices. you could see crude staying around this level. for gas, it is more volatile because much depends on the weather. if we get a harsh winter season
the country is still locking down big cities and parts of the country we get the flareups and that is having a downward effect on demand for key commodities and what we have observed since the beginning of the year is demand in china for crude, gas and coal has all fallen. so they are trying to compete in a tighter market in china and china for the last decade has been the key driver for energy and commodity prices globally. this for energy and commodity prices aloball . , ., ., ., globally. as we move now into the autumn globally. as we move now into the autumn and globally. as we move now into the autumn and winter, - globally. as we move now into the autumn and winter, what l globally. as we move now into i the autumn and winter, what are your predictions in terms of prices, the price of energy on global markets, oil and gas. we were talking about inflation in the us earlier and the federal reserve decision and energy prices or the gasoline prices come down quite a lock for am