...S&P Global Ratings raised its average price assumptions for Brent and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil for the remainder of 2018 by $5 a barrel (bbl) to $70/bbl and $65/bbl, respectively, and for 2019 by $5/bbl to $65/bbl and $60/bbl. We also raised our Brent price assumption for 2020 by $5/bbl to $60/bbl, while our WTI assumption for 2020 is unchanged at $55/bbl. Our Henry Hub natural gas price assumptions are unchanged at $3 per million Btu through 2020. In addition, we added price assumptions for 2021 to our price deck (see table 1). These revisions are effective immediately. We use this price deck to assess sovereign and corporate credit quality, in particular for exploration and production (E&P) companies, in accordance with the ratings methodology set forth in "Methodology For Crude Oil And Natural Gas Price Assumptions For Corporates And Sovereigns," published Nov. 19, 2013. Despite the increase in our price deck assumptions, we anticipate relatively few rating actions resulting...