Firstpost | World Bank: Oil Prices To Average $65 This Year OilPrice.com Oil prices are expected to average $65 a barrel this year, up from the $53 per barrel average of 2017, driven by strong consumer demand and OPEC's continued cuts, the World Bank said in its April Commodity Markets Outlook. The World Bank now expects ... Prices of oil, natural gas and coal expected to rise by a whopping 20 percent this year, says World Bank |