Related: 27 Billion Barrels Worth
Of Oil Projects Now Cancelled
But van Beurden has been slimming down his portfolio
of oil projects with the intent of keeping only those lean enough to make good returns in a world in which oil prices average no more than $ 40 a barrel, well below the average price over the past decade.
Not exact matches
Andurand, who runs
oil hedge fund Andurand Capital Management LLP, wrote in a string
of tweets on Sunday that companies may be less willing to risk investment in long term
oil projects because
of low crude barrel prices and a predicted peak in electric vehicle demand.
It's a network
of railroads,
oil pipelines, and other
projects that runs northwest from China through Kazakhstan and Russia.
Friday: Chevron Chevron: This key company will take the pulse
of oil, share insight on its
projects and explain how it will amend its spending budget.
On Thursday, it announced it would reduce its production guidance for the year by about 10,000 barrels
of oil equivalent per day to an average
of about 315,000 boe / d, with exit production
of about 335,000 boe / d, to account for lower heavy
oil production, an advanced schedule for maintenance at its Tucker oilsands
project and a slower ramp up in liquids - rich natural gas output from its BD Project in Ind
project and a slower ramp up in liquids - rich natural gas output from its BD
Project in Ind
Project in Indonesia.
Costs back then were still low by today's standards, but the integrated mining operations were seeing operating costs
of $ 12 - 18 / bbl and new
projects needed $ U.S.
oil prices
of $ 20 - $ 30 to generate reasonable rates
of return.
And yes, the Dow has a heavy component
of large industrial and energy companies which have recently soared on expectations that President Trump and his administration will sponsor new infrastructure spending
projects and
oil pipeline expansion.
If you want to know what the break - even price for new oilsands
projects is (at least for the marginal
project), look at the forecast
of future
oil prices.
«We don't want these new
projects to have to bear the burden
of some
of these (
oil price) differentials,» he said, reiterating Suncor's commitment to build no new major oilsands
projects without new pipelines.
Oil companies have slashed spending, scrapped new projects, slashed tens of thousands of jobs, renegotiated supply contracts and increased borrowing in order to weather the more than halving of oil prices since June 20
Oil companies have slashed spending, scrapped new
projects, slashed tens
of thousands
of jobs, renegotiated supply contracts and increased borrowing in order to weather the more than halving
of oil prices since June 20
oil prices since June 2014.
Called the «value - investment ratio,» it assesses the minimum
oil price a
project will need in order to throw off, far into the future, Shell's desired level
of return.
Last March, Royal Dutch Shell said it was selling most
of its stake in Canada's
oil sands, a vast
project that has extracted millions
of barrels
of sticky, gooey hydrocarbons from the ground in a process that resembles mining more than drilling.
Shell has been selling off billions
of dollars worth
of projects, including the
oil sands, that it believes can't meet its new low - cost bar.
Part
of Shell's Athabasca
oil sands
project in Alberta, Canada.
U.S.
oil giants Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips both left huge crude
projects in Venezuela's Orinoco Belt after President Hugo Chavez nationalized them as part
of his socialist revolution.
The state Public Service Commission approved the Cherry Creek Pipeline
project Monday, saying it will provide a safer transportation option and help reduce the wasteful flaring
of excess natural gas in the
oil patch, The Bismarck Tribune...
US
oil giant Chevron says it expects to «sanction» the Gorgon liquefied natural gas
project during the second half
of this year.
The
project's three fields, Chayvo, Odoptu, and Arkutun Dagi, produce some 100,000 barrels
of oil a day in temperatures that drop to nearly 50 degrees below zero.
The B.C. government has pinned much
of the province's economic future on LNG exports, saying the
projects are equivalent to Alberta's
oil sands in terms
of jobs and revenue generation.
Hemp
oil that is full
of cannabidiol (CBD), a cannabinoid with neuroprotectant, antioxidant and other therapeutic qualities, generated $ 130 million in sales in 2016 and is
projected to reach $ 350 million by 2020.
It said the ramp - up
of production from new
projects such as Yamal LNG in Russia and Moho Nord in Congo, along with newly acquired assets, including Maersk
Oil and Al Shaheen in Qatar, had enabled it to reach record production during the quarter.
But the
project has galvanized environmentalists who say developing Canada's
oil sands would spike carbon emissions linked to climate change and that much
of the
oil would be sold abroad.
Olea Australis» managing director Tony Sparks said the proceeds
of the additional placement would assist in current and planned capital
projects to expand infrastructure and operating capacity to meet the increasing levels
of olive
oil production as well as provide additional working capital.
Those factors partly help explain why Exxon is now seen by Wall Street as a less - desirable investment than Chevron, which has several large
oil and gas
projects coming online by the end
of the decade, offering far - stronger growth potential than Exxon.
Energy giant Woodside Petroleum will proceed with development
of its $ US1.9 billion ($ A2.6 billion) Greater Enfield
oil project in the Carnarvon Basin.
The Company expects to realize between 88 and 92 percent
of NYMEX pricing on all its Delaware Basin 2018 and 2019
projected oil volumes.
Santos and Quadrant Energy have signed a deal for the sale
of the Stag
oil project in the Carnarvon Basin to Malaysian company Sona Petroleum for $ US50 million ($ A70 million).
Oil and gas company AWE has sold its stake in the Cliff Head offshore oil project to Elixir Petroleum, for an upfront payment of $ 1 milli
Oil and gas company AWE has sold its stake in the Cliff Head offshore
oil project to Elixir Petroleum, for an upfront payment of $ 1 milli
oil project to Elixir Petroleum, for an upfront payment
of $ 1 million.
Oil and gas explorer Tangiers Petroleum has raised $ 7 million in a discounted placement to complete its acquisition
of the Icewine
project in Alaska.
Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton struggled with how to secure the endorsement
of labor unions while announcing her opposition to the Keystone XL
oil pipeline, a
project they supported but environmentalists opposed, according to leaked emails published by Wikileaks on Friday.
Mr Stephen Rogers chief executive
of Clough's
Oil and Gas business unit said that the Apache
project would generate a strong and consistent earnings stream for the
Oil and Gas business unit, with positive cash flow, and as the contract is rates based, Clough does not assume any lump - sum risk.
The Northern Gateway
project consists
of two pipelines (one to ship
oil west, the other to import lighter
oil products used to dilute
oil sands bitumen) and a marine terminal.
That's despite the fact premiers Christy Clark and Alison Redford, in a backgrounder to their recent agreement on the ground rules for building pipelines, warned that
oil may end up crossing B.C. by train en route to Asia regardless
of whether the Northern Gateway or Trans - Mountain Expansion
projects go ahead.
The company commissioned independent, wells - to - wheels studies
of its Christina Lake and Foster Creek steam - assisted gravity drainage (SAGD)
projects and its Pelican Lake heavy
oil operation.
Jim Irving runs the forestry business and the shipbuilding arm, which will construct the Canadian Navy's new Arctic offshore patrol boats, while Sarah Irving has just been installed on the executive team
of Irving
Oil, which is undertaking a $ 200 - million maintenance
project at its Saint John refinery.
Recent federal lease sales have generated a tepid response, said Imran Khan, who leads Wood Mackenzie's commercial valuation team for
oil and gas
projects in the Gulf
of Mexico.
Sometimes, the harm is overt, like in the case
of BP's
oil spill, but often it's more subtle, like when employees invest hope and time in a
project that fails.
The ruling arose from the expropriation
of ConocoPhillips» investments in two heavy crude
oil projects in 2007 at a time then - President Hugo...
These efforts are bearing fruit for Weatherhaven, which recently partnered with Brazilian construction and logistics company Esbracon, to provide up to 10 sustainable camp
projects for
oil and gas exploration giant, HRT
of Brazil.
Last year, Saudi Arabia pledged billions
of dollars
of investments in
projects in Indonesia and Malaysia to secure long - term
oil supply deals.
The NOCs are being approached by lawyers and investment bankers not just from Calgary but from Houston and Melbourne too, seeking patient capital for long - timeline
projects while equity prices for energy companies have been steadily sinking on stock markets despite the high price
of oil.
It's one
of the country's largest
oil and gas producers, but, says Cheng, price differentials between Canadian and world
oil prices, low natural gas prices, cost inflation and
project delays caused investors to get antsy.
(In 2011, Cenovus Energy let on that output from two
of its in situ oilsands
projects could meet the standard, which mandates that crude
oil imported to the state have lower wells - to - wheels emissions than the average
of all crudes sold in the U.S.) «Yes, I think that's feasible,» says George Hoberg, a political scientist at the University
of British Columbia who specializes in environmental conflict.
Perth - based
oil and gas junior Pura Vida Energy says today's completion
of a farm - out agreement covering its assets off the coast
of Morocco is a company - changing event that removes the risk
of exploring the
project.
PetroChina's purchase
of the 40 %
of the McKay River oilsands
project it doesn't already own from Athabasca
Oil Sands is just the latest example of China's national oil companies snapping up Canadian energy reserv
Oil Sands is just the latest example
of China's national
oil companies snapping up Canadian energy reserv
oil companies snapping up Canadian energy reserves.
What if General Electric were prevented from providing machinery to hundreds
of individual
oil and gas
projects around the world?
Richard Sawaya
of the National Foreign Trade Council estimates the provision in question could force American companies to exit more than $ 100 billion worth
of offshore
oil and gas
projects worldwide.
«Rail and supporting non-pipeline modes should be capable, as was
projected in 2011,
of providing the capacity needed to transport all incremental Western Canadian and Bakken crude
oil production to markets if there were no additional pipeline
projects approved.»
More than half
of affected reserves are in deep - water
projects, and nearly 30 percent are in Canadian
oil sands.