Consider BP, before oil hits triple digits, again

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Whatever happened to those forecasts for $20-30 oil? Oil, which traded Friday at about $80 per barrel, is up more than 100% in the past 12 months, and the U.S./global economic recoveries have just started, which is why I'm reiterating my Buy rating for BP plc (NYSE: BP), first recommended on March 26, 2009 at a price of $41.72. If you bought BP then, you're up about 30%.

After a challenging 2009, look for BP to improve its fundamentals over the next 2-4 years, with continued, superior oil/natural gas reserve replacement, and restructured, more-efficient downstream operations. Revenue will total only about $220-$230 billion in FY2009, but will rebound to better than $300 billion in FY2010 -- and the latter assumes only a $55-65 per barrel oil price: crude will likely average a much higher price in 2010, assuming the global recovery does not stall.

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