Top Energy Trader Expects Oil Prices To Enter The $90-$100 Range

Oil prices could hit the $90-$100 per barrel range in the second half of this year as global demand is set to reach record levels amid constrained supply, Russell Hardy, CEO at the world’s largest independent oil trader, Vitol Group, told Bloomberg Television on Monday.   “The prospect of higher prices in the second half of the year, in the sort of $90-$100 range, is a real possibility,” Hardy told Bloomberg in an interview.   According to Hardy, global oil demand will rise by 2.2 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2023…